Ceropegia schliebenii Markgr.

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Ceropegia schliebenii

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Nyika plateau, Zambia

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Synonyms: Ceropegia stenoloba Hochst. ex Chiov. var. schliebenii (Markgr.) Masinde
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Status: Native
Description:
Slender perennial twining herb with clear latex, growing from a tuberous root. Leaves opposite linear-lanceolate. Flowers purplish with a deep tube and long spidery lobes, spreading, not united at the tips.
Type location:
Tanzania
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: schliebenii: after Hans-Joachim Eberhardt Schlieben (1902-1975), German botanist, photographer, and writer who collected in Tanzania and South Africa.
Habitat: In shallow soils over rock.
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Worldwide distribution: Southern Tanzania, northern Malawi end northeastern Zambia.
National distribution: N
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Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Pages 69 - 70. (Includes a picture).

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 135 - 140. (Includes a picture).


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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Ceropegia schliebenii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=233280, retrieved 31 March 2025

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