Accession Data

Ceropegia stapeliiformis

Family: Apocynaceae

Country of Origin: Mozambique to S. Africa

Description: This highly succulent species is native to eastern South Africa. It has grayish brown stems about 1/2 in (12 mm) thick, the leaves reduced to small scales, and is commonly creeping or trailing, but with maturity can send up slender twining stems to 5 ft (1.5 m) in height. In spring and summer it produces tubular flowers 1 1/2-2 in (3-5 cm) long, flaring at the top into a 5-pointed star and mostly off-white spotted dark purple.

The creeping stems can take root, leaving older parts behind to wither and die.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199800116

Accession Date: 1998-08-10 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2205

Quantity: 2

Source: Matt Opel

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae

Tribe: Ceropegieae

SubTribe: Stapeliinae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  4. Ceropegia stapeliiformis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  5. Ceropegia stapeliiformis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
  6. Ceropegia stapeliiformis at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.

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