Ceropegia sect. Indopegia H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot.

S. S., Kambale & Abstract, S. R. Yadav, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India, Rheedea 29 (1), pp. 1-115 : 30-31

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Ceropegia sect. Indopegia H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot.
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Ceropegia sect. Indopegia H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 28, 1957; Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 429. 2017. Type: Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.

sect. Bupestris H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 29. 1957. Type: Ceropegia ciliata Wight .

Erect to climbing tuberous herbs. Lamina cordate to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, petiolate, glabrous or pubescent. Cymes 2–12-flowered. Corona uni-seriate to bi-seriate.

Distribution: Twenty two species in the world. This section is endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India ( Table 1).

Key to the species of sect. Indopegia H. Huber

1. Erect herbs .......................................................2

1. Climbing herbs ................................................6

2. Inner corona lobes clavate ...............................3

2. Inner corona lobes linear .................................4

3. Corolla tube dilated up to the middle ............... ........................................................ C. maccannii View in CoL

3. Corolla tube dilated at base only ........................ .................................................... C. panchganiensis View in CoL

4. Corolla tube narrows at middle .......... C. lawii View in CoL

4. Corolla tube broad at middle ......................... 5

5. Cymes terminal; corolla lobes linear-oblong.... ............................................................... C. rollae View in CoL 5. Cymes extra-axillary; corolla ovate-obovate to elliptic ........................................... C. sahyadrica View in CoL

6. Sepals longer than corolla ............ C. fantastica View in CoL

6. Sepals shorter than corolla ...............................7

7. Corona uni-seriate or outer inconspicuous ... 8

7. Corona bi-seriate .............................................9

8. Corolla lobes form a depressed cage, c. 2 cm across .................................................. C. huberi View in CoL

8. Corolla lobes form a sub-globose cage, c. 0.5 cm across ...................................... C. santapaui View in CoL

9. Corolla lobes hairy ....................................... 10

9. Corolla lobes glabrous .................................. 14

10. Corolla lobes equal to tube, coiled ................... ......................................................... C. beddomei View in CoL

10. Corolla lobes shorter than tube, not coiled ..11

11. Corolla tube glabrous within ........... C. oculata View in CoL

11. Corolla tube hairy within .............................12

12. Ring of hairs present at throat of dilated part of corolla tube ...................................... C. barnesii View in CoL

12. Ring of hairs absent at throat of dilated part of corolla tube ................................................... 13

13. Pedicels hairy ..................................... C. hirsuta View in CoL

13. Pedicels glabrous ........................... C. vincifolia View in CoL

14. Outer corona lobes entire ................ C. odorata View in CoL

14. Outer corona lobes bifid ...............................15

15. Peduncles hairy/ puberulous .........................16

15. Peduncles glabrous ........................................19

16. Pedicels glabrous ............................... C. evansii View in CoL

16. Pedicels hairy .................................................17

17. Outer corona sub-quadrate ............... C. media View in CoL

17. Outer corona saucer-shaped .........................18

18. Inner corona lobes ligulate ............ C. ensifolia View in CoL

18. Inner corona lobes spathulate ............ C. ciliata View in CoL

19. Corolla lobes equal to tube .......... C. pullaiahii View in CoL

19. Corolla lobes shorter than tube ................... 20

20. Ring of hairs present at throat of dilated part of corolla tube ........................................ C. omissa View in CoL

20. Ring of hairs absent at throat of dilated part of corolla tube ......................................... C. bhatii View in CoL

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University of Helsinki

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Ceropegia

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Ceropegia sect. Indopegia H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot.

S. S., Kambale & Abstract, S. R. Yadav 2019
2019
Loc

Ceropegia sect. Indopegia H. Huber, Mem. Soc. Brot.

Bruyns 2017: 429
2017
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