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Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. (2017) A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) South African Journal of Botany 112 399-436
Dyer, R.A. (1980) Asclepiadaceae: Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia Flora of Southern Africa 27(4) 1 - 88
Goyder, D.J. (2007) Zimbabwean Asclepiadaceae. Unpublished list.
Perennial herbs, mostly climbing or scrambling, sometimes erect, with tubers or fleshy or fibrous roots. Leaves opposite, simple, sometimes succulent. Flowers in umbel-like clusters, racemes or 1-several at the nodes. Sepals 5. Corolla tubular, usually with an inflated base; lobes free or connate into a cage or umbrella-like structure. Corona 2-seriate. Follicles fusiform. Seeds narrowly winged with an apical tuft of hairs. Derivation of name: from Greek: keros, meaning wax and pege, a stream of fountains, referring to the waxy nature of some of the flowers. Comment: For this genus we follow the concepts of Meve. More recent phylogenetic evidence has led to the forming of a very broad concept of the genus Ceropegia including the genus Brachystelma and all known genera within the Stapeliae (Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P., 2017). We will await a broader form of acceptance of this new concept before changing the taxonomy in our database. Worldwide: 160 species in Arabia, Africa, Madagascar and Australia Zambia: 19 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| abyssinica Decne. | C | C,Lk | Description, Image |
| achtenii De Wild. subsp. adolphii (Schltr. ex Werderm.) H. Huber | C | Lk | Image |
| bonafouxii K. Schum. | B | Nw,W | Image |
| cataphyllaris Bull. [DD] | Description | ||
| claviloba Werderm. | N | Mc | |
| distincta N.E. Br. | C | Lk | Description, Image |
| filipendula K.Schum. | B,C | Nw,C | Description, Image |
| meyeri Decne. | B,W,S | Nw,S,W | Description, Image |
| nilotica Kotschy | C | Lk | Description, Image |
| papillata N.E.Br. | W,C | Cb,C,Lk | Description, Image |
| purpurascens K. Schum. | C | Lk | Description, Image |
| racemosa N.E. Br. | W,C | Cb,Lk | Description, Image |
| ringoetii De Wild. | W | Nw | |
| sobolifera N.E. Br. | C | Lk | Description, Image |
| speciosa H. Huber | N | Mc | Image |
| stenantha K. Schum. | W,C,S | Nw,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| stenoloba Hochst. ex Chiov. | N | Mc | Image |
| umbraticola K.Schum. | W,C | Nw,Cb,C | Image |
| zambesiaca Masinde & Meve | C | Lk | Description, Image |
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