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Ceropegia purpurascens
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Lusaka SE 13km; Jan 2011.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE 13km; Jan 2011.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Tubers appear to be stoloniferous in habit
Open Woodland/Thicket
Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
May 2016
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Ceropegia kassneri S. Moore Ceropegia kwebensis N.E. Br. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Stems annual, glabrous, twining. Peduncles arising from the leaf axils bear a few flowers at different stages. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | On rock outcrops, in Brachystegia woodland, margins of forest and thickets, usually in damp and shady situations. |
| Altitude range: | 750 - 1450 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola?, Botswana, DRC?, Namibia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 19 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia Strelitzia 34 SANBI, Pretoria, South Africa Page 92. Dyer, R.A. (1983). Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in Southern Africa. Balkema Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 64. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 114 - 116. (Includes a picture). Malaisse, F. (1984). Recherches sur les Asclepiadaceae du Shaba (Zaire). I. Nouvelles Observations sur le genre Ceropegia L. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 54(1/2) Pages 222 - 224. as Ceropegia purpurascens subsp. purpurascens (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 20. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 26. |
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