Ceropegia elegantior Bruyns (2017:427)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Raimondo et al., 2009; von Staden & Winter, 2022) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record: 2004 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Not evaluated
Distribution & Habitat
Blouberg mountains, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bruyns, P. V., Klak, C. and Hanacek, P. (2017). A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399-436.
Other references:
Bruyns, P. V. (2002). Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae). Systematic Botany Monographs 63: 1-196.
Bruyns, P. V. (2005). Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Hilton-Taylor, Craig. (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Leach, L. C. (1978). A contribution towards a new classification of Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae) with a preliminary review of Orbea Haw., and descriptions of three new genera. In: Excelsa Taxonomic Series 1, The Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society, Rhodesia.
Plowes, D. C. H. (2004). Orbea elegans Plowes sp. nov. Asklepios 90: 14-17.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 6 October 2024]
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.