Ceropegia omissa H. Huber, 1957:67
Neglected ceropegia
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1916 (Nayar & Sastry, 1987:65; Prasad et al., 2017:2189)
Rediscovered in 2002 or before (Sasidharan, 2002; 2014 (Prasad et al., 2017:2189)
Distribution
Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Huber, H. (1957). Revision of the genus Ceropegia. Mem. Soc. Broter. 12: 67. t. 3, f. 34.
Other references:
Albers, F. and Meve, U. (1995). Annex 2: List of Asclepiadaceae of conservation concern. In SSC Action Plan for cacti and succulents. 6 pp.
Ansari, M. Y. (1984). Asclepiadaceae: Genus—Ceropegia. Fascicles of Flora of India, Fascicles 16: 2-32 [27]. Howrah: Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.
Gamble, J. S., Flora of the Presidency of Madras, Vol. 2, Adlard & Son, London, 1923, p. 858.
Henry, A. N., Chitra, V. and Balakrishnan, N. P., Flora of Tamil Nadu, India, Vol. 2, Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore, 1984, p. 84.
Hooker, J. D., The Flora of British India, Vol. 4, L. Reeve & Co., London, 1883, p. 71.
Kambale, S. S. and Yadav, S. R. (2015). Lectotypifications and synonymy in Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae). Kew Bulletin 70(4): 57. [Summary]
Murthy, K. Sri Rama et al. (2012). Check-list and conservation strategies of the genus Ceropegia in India. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 4(8): 304-315.
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (compilers). (1987, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 1. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. xiii + 367 pp, 16 pls, figs. [pp. 65]
Prasad, K., Venu, P. and Kaliamoorthy, S. (2017). Ceropegia omissa H. Huber (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) on the verge of extinction. Current Science 112(11): 2189-2191.
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]
Sasidharan, N. (2002). Floristic studies in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary. KFRI Research Report, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi.
Sivaraj, N., Venkateswaran, Kamala, Pandravada, S. R., Reddy, M. Thirupathi Reddy and Rajasekharan, P. E. (2020). Threatened Medicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats and Their ConservationThreatened Medicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats and Their Conservation, pp. 31-62. In: Rajasekharan, P. E. and Wani, Shabir Hussain (eds.). Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. xviii + 565 pp.