Ceropegia hookeri Hooker 1885
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1945 (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:42)
Rediscovered in 2009 or before
Distribution
Himalayas
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hooker, J. D. (1885). Flora of British India: Vol. IV. Asclepiadæ to Amarantaceæ. London: L. Reeve & CO. 780 pp.
Other references:
Ansari, M. Y. (1988). Ceropegia hookeri Clarke ex Hook. f. Asclepiadaceae; p. 42. In M. P. Nayar and A. R. K. Sastry (ed.). Red Data Book of Indian Plants 2. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India.
Chettri, A.; S. J. Barik; M. K. Lyngdoh; H. N. Pandey. (2009). Plantae, Magnoliophyta, Gentianales, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Ceropegia hookeri: Distribution and rediscovery in eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India. Check List 5(3): 695-698.
Kishor, Kamal, Rawat, Gopal S. and Samant, Sher S. (2022). Ceropegia hookeri C.B. Clarke ex Hook.f. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), an Endangered species new record for the flora of Western Himalaya, India. Vegetos. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-022-00427-x
Nautiyal, D. C., Sharma, S. K. and Pandit, M. K. (2009). Notes on the taxonomic history, rediscovery and conservation status of two endangered species of Ceropegia (Asclepiadaceae) from Sikkim, India. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(2): 815-822.
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (compilers). (1988, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 2. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 268 pp. [p. 42]
Rao, C. Kameswara, Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, Geetha. (2003). Red List of Threatened Vascular Plant Species in India: Compiled from the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. xxiv + 144 pp. [automatic download]