Ceropegia sect. Chamaesiphon, Huber, 1957
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.591.2.4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7805453 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487B9-FB36-FFAC-18AA-73B1E78FF7CF |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Ceropegia sect. Chamaesiphon |
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The following key distinguishes the 10 brood-site mimicking species of Ceropegia sect. Chamaesiphon which occur in
KwaZulu-Natal and may be confused with C. gilboaensis :
1. Stems prostrate ...................................................................................................................................................................................2
- Stems sub-erect to erect......................................................................................................................................................................6
2. Flowers flat or shallowly campanulate, fused portion of corolla ±1/3 or less ...................................................................................3
- Flowers steep cylindrical-campanulate, fused portion of corolla ±1/2 ..............................................................................................4
3. Corolla View in CoL flat or shallowly saucer-shaped, glabrous..............................................................................................................................5
- Corolla View in CoL campanulate, with white trichomes on upper surface ............................................................................................. C. remota View in CoL
4. Corolla View in CoL lobe bases purple mottled, distinctly fluted, mouth 5-star-shaped, corona lobes not covering the style head.. C. ngomensis View in CoL
- Corolla View in CoL lobe bases with broken, transverse, burgundy bands, mouth not 5-star shaped, corona lobes covering style head................ ....................................................................................................................................................................................... C. gilboaensis View in CoL
5. Corolla View in CoL flat, less than ± 12 mm in diameter ................................................................................................................... C. pulchellior View in CoL
- Corolla View in CoL shallowly saucer-shaped, 17–20 mm in diameter..................................................................................................... C. coddii View in CoL
6. Corolla View in CoL glabrous .......................................................................................................................................................... C. modestantha View in CoL
- Corolla View in CoL papillate or with trichomes on upper surface ........................................................................................................................7
7. Corolla View in CoL bowl-shaped, fused portion of corolla ±1/2...................................................................................................... C. chlorozona View in CoL
- Corolla View in CoL (shallowly) campanulate, fused portion of corolla ±1/3 or less ............................................................................................8
8. Leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, trichomes on upper corolla surface ......................................................................... C. australis View in CoL
- Leaves ovate to elliptic to lanceolate, with or without trichomes on corolla lobe margins ...............................................................9
9. Flowers 2–several, corolla papillate, rugose ........................................................................................................................ C. perdita
- Flowers solitary, corolla margins with long trichomes, tubers finger-like, irregularly shaped...................................... C. petrophila View in CoL
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