Ceropegia barberae (Hook. f.) Bruyns

Images: None on this site.

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Brachystelma barberae Hook.f.
Dichaelia barberae (Hook. f.) Bullock
Common names:
Frequency: Uncommon
Status: Native
Description:
Dwarf perennial with 1 to several annual stems, growing from a tuber. Leaves up to 100 × 25 mm, oblong, finely hairy. Flowers subterminal, up to 25, in opposite, sessile umbels. Corolla 20-40 mm long, lobes united into a cage, dark crimson on the inside, greenish yellow outside. Corona campanulate with 5 narrow slits in the rim; inner lobes linear. The flowers are foul smelling. Fruits ellipsoid.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: barberiae: named after Mary Elizabeth Barber, 1818-1899, plant collector in South Africa.
Habitat: In Brachystegia woodland and open grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: W,C,E
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated: Friday 2 March 2007
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. As Ceropegia barberiae

Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 181.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 19. as Brachystelma barberae

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 25. as Brachystelma barberae


Other sources of information about Ceropegia barberae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Ceropegia barberae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ceropegia barberae
African Plant Database: Ceropegia barberae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ceropegia barberae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ceropegia barberae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ceropegia barberae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ceropegia barberae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ceropegia barberae
JSTOR Plant Science: Ceropegia barberae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ceropegia barberae
Plants of the World Online: Ceropegia barberae
Tropicos: Ceropegia barberae
Wikipedia: Ceropegia barberae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Ceropegia barberae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=146140, retrieved 29 March 2024

Site software last modified: 26 March 2018 2:01pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use