Echidnopsis cereiformis

Echidnopsis cereiformis

Echidnopsis cereiformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Echidnopsis
Species: Echidnopsis cereiformis

Name

Echidnopsis cereiformis Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 97: t. 5930. (1871)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ceropegia cereiformis (Hook.f.) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 417 (2017)
• Heterotypic
  • Apteranthes cylindrica (Brongn.) Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 13: 406 (1871)
  • Apteranthes tessellata Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 13: 406 (1871)
  • Boucerosia cylindrica Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 900 (1860)
  • Ceropegia nubica (N.E.Br.) Bruyns in S. African J. Bot. 112: 417 (2017)
  • Echidnopsis cereiformis var. brunnea A.Berger in Malpighia 16: 160 (1902)
  • Echidnopsis cereiformis var. obscura A.Berger in Malpighia 16: 160 (1902)
  • Echidnopsis cylindrica (Brongn.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 274 (1895)
  • Echidnopsis nubica N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 263 (1895)
  • Echidnopsis tessellata (Decne.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 274 (1895)
  • Stapelia cylindrica Horkel ex Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 97: t. 5930 (1871)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1871. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. XCVII [= Vol. XXVII of the third series.] |Pp, 5878–5942, Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 97: t. 5930.

Additional references

• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Echidnopsis cereiformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Echidnopsis cereiformis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Echidnopsis cereiformis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Echidnopsis cereiformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2022.

Vernacular names

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