Ceropegia maculata Bedd., 1864:52
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 29 November 1905 (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:46 [as 1905]; Rajasekar et al., 2018 [as 29 November 1905])
Rediscovered on 22 July 2016 (Rajasekar et al., 2018)
Distribution
Kerala & Tamil Nadu, India (& Sri Lanka?)
Endemic to India (Kerala & Tamil Nadu) according to (Kambale & Yadav, 2015), but old collections record its occurrence in Bangladesh according to (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:46).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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