Ceropegia beddomei Hook.f., Fl. Brit.
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Ceropegia beddomei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. |
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Ceropegia beddomei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. View in CoL India 4: 75. 1883. Gamble, Fl. Madras 4: 859. 1921; H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 66. 1957; Ansari, Fasc. Fl. India 16: 10. 1984; M.P. Nayar & Sastry, Red Data Book Indian Pl. 1: 53. 1987; A.P. Jagtap & N.P. Singh, Fasc. Fl. India 24: 217. 1999; T.S. Nayar et al., Fl. Pl. Kerala 84. 2006; Karthik. et al., Fl. Pl. India 1: 160. 2009. Type: INDIA, Kerala, Peerumade, 750 m, s.d., R.H. Beddome s.n. (holo K000894268 image!). Fig. 16 View Fig
Perennial twining herbs. Stem hispid. Lamina 7.5–20.5 × 0.6–0.9 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, narrow towards base, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; petioles c. 0.6 cm long, pubescent. Cymes 2–3-flowered; peduncles 3.0– 7.5 cm long, puberulous; bracts 3–5 mm long, linear; pedicels 1.0– 1.5 cm long, puberulous. Sepals 0.8–1.0 cm long, linear. Corolla 5.5–9.8 cm long; tube 3.0– 4.3 cm long, abruptly dilated at base; sub-cylindrical at middle, funnel-shaped above, white within at base, purple with white markings within the tube, equal to lobes; lobes 3.5–5.5 cm, elongatetriangular, distally coiled hairy within and along margins, deep purple. Corona bi-seriate; outer of 5-bifid lobes, hairy within and along margins; inner of 5 erect-divergent lobes, deep purple, inflated above. Follicles c. 9 cm long, glabrous, blunt at tip, immature follicles green blotched with purple. Seeds 5–7 mm long, comose; coma 3.6–3.8 cm long, silky white.
Flowering & fruiting: October–November.
Distribution: Endemic to Kerala, India.
Habitat: Grows in grasslands, in association with Cymbopogon sp.
Specimens examined: INDIA, Kerala, Idukki district, Calvary Mount , 05.10.1983, A. G . Pandurangan 79260; Kakki Dam , 10.10.1983, C. N . Mohanan 80104; Kulamavu , 03.10.1983, C. N . Mohanan 79260; Pachakkanam , 13.11.1975, K . Vivekananthan 46665 ( MH!); Wayanad district, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary , 23.11.2015, S. S . Kambale & L . Joseph SSK 360 ( SUK!) .
Conservation status: Nayar and Sastry (1987) assessed
it as Endangered due to the habitat destruction.
Notes: Closely similar to C. barnesii but can easily be distinguished from the latter by its elongated hairy corolla lobes and linear-lanceolate leaves.
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
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University of Copenhagen |
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Nanjing University |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch |
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Shivaji University |
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Ceropegia beddomei Hook.f., Fl. Brit.
| S. S., Kambale & Abstract, S. R. Yadav 2019 |
Ceropegia beddomei Hook.f., Fl. Brit.
| Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 2009: 160 |
| Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 1999: 217 |
| M. P. Nayar & Sastry 1987: 53 |
| Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 1984: 10 |
| H. Huber 1957: 66 |
| Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 1921: 859 |
| Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 1883: 75 |