Riocreuxia woodii N.E.Br. (1908:803)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Riocreuxia flanaganii subsp. woodii (N.E.Br.) R.A.Dyer in Bothalia 12: 632 (1979); Ceropegia flanaganii var. fallax H.Huber in Mem. Soc. Brot. 12: 169 (1958)
Conservation Status
Missing (Raimondo et al., 2009; Styles et al., 2012) or Extinct (Hilton-Taylor, 1996; Scott-Shaw, 1999; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record (disputed): 1879 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024); 1884 (Styles et al., 2012)
Distribution
Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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