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Ceropegieae

(Tribe)

Overview

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Taxonomy

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The Tribe Ceropegieae is a member of the Subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ceropegieae:

The Tribe Ceropegieae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Brachystelma

Brachystelma is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]

Caralluma

Caralluma is a genus of plants consisting of about 120 species. Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. Most of the species occur in Africa, including several taxa valued by people for their medicinal properties. One species, Caralluma edulis is eaten as a vegetable. [more]

Ceropegia

Ceropegia is a genus of plants within the family Apocynaceae. It was named by Carl Linnaeus, who first described this genus in volume 1 of his Species plantarum, which appeared in 1753. Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked like a fountain of wax. From this the scientific name was derived: ?keros? meaning wax and ?pege? meaning fountain (Pooley, 1998). They have many common names including lantern flower, parasol flower, parachute flower, bushman?s pipe, string of hearts, snake creeper, wine-glass vine, rosary vine, and necklace vine. [more]

Edithcolea

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Hiernia

Hoodia

Hoodia () is a genus of 13 species in the flowering plant family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. They are stem succulents, described as "cactiform" because of their remarkable similarity to the unrelated cactus family. They can reach up to 1m high and have large flowers, often with tan color and strong smell. [more]

Huernia

The genus Huernia (family Asclepiadaceae consists of some (30-)60 species of stem succulents from Eastern and Southern Africa. The flowers are five-lobed, usually somewhat more funnel- or bell-shaped than in the closely related genus Stapelia, and often striped vividly in contrasting colors or tones, some glossy, others matt and wrinkled depending on the species concerned. To pollinate, the flowers attract flies by emitting a scent similar to that of carrion. The genus is considered close to the genera Stapelia and Hoodia. The name is in honour of Justin Heurnius (1587?1652) a Dutch missionary who is reputed to have been the first collector of South African Cape plants. His name was actually mis-spelt by the collector. [more]

Leptadenia

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Orbea

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Stapelia

The genus Stapelia consists of around 40 of low growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa. The flowers of certain species, most notably Stapelia gigantea, can reach 41 cm (16 inches) in diameter when fully open. Most Stapelia flowers are visibly hairy and generate the odour of rotten flesh, a notable exception is the sweetly scented Stapelia flavopurpurea. Such odours serve to attract various specialist pollinators including, in the case of carrion scented blooms, blow flies of the dipteran family Calliphoridae. They frequently lay eggs around the coronae of Stapelia flowers, convinced by the plants' deception. [more]

At least 285 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Stapelia.

More info about the Genus Stapelia may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:13:59