Ceropegia woodii

Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii

Ceropegia linearis is a species of the genus Chandelier Flower ( Ceropegia ) in the subfamily milkweed plants ( Asclepiadoideae ). Ceropegia linearis subsp The subspecies. woodi is an easy houseplant and " the " candlestick flower par excellence. It was formerly regarded as a separate species.

Features

Ceropegia linearis possesses spherical, external rough tubers. The writhing, crawling, or hanging stems can be several meters long and its diameter is 1 to 2 mm comparatively thin. The succulent leaves have about 3 to 10 mm long petioles. The lanceolate to heart- shaped and pointed leaf blade has a dark green top with white spots; the underside is pale green, sometimes slightly reddish.

The hermaphrodite, zygomorphic flowers are 2 to 2.5 inches long. The petals are fused. The coloring of the corolla tube and the Kronkessels varies from green -white to whitish purple with dark purple stripes. The spherical or oval Kronkessel measures about 4 mm in diameter. It passes a significant constriction in the corolla tube having about 2 mm in diameter. It extends only slightly to about 3 mm in diameter and is bright violet or purple - striped, also netted the top of whitish or dotted. The corolla lobes are concave curved inward and fused at the tips. The base is broad - triangular, in the further course towards the tip, the corolla lobes along the midrib are completely repulsed. The color varies from purple to light green. And the length of which varies.

System

Currently, four subspecies are distinguished, each of which has several synonyms in part:

• Ceropegia linearis subsp. linearis E.Mey. (including Ceropegia caffrorum Schltr. , Ceropegia caffrorum dubia var NEBr. )
• Ceropegia linearis subsp. debilis ( NEBr. ) H.Huber ( syn. Ceropegia debilis )
• Ceropegia linearis subsp. tenuis ( N.E.Br. ) Bruyns ( syn. Ceropegia tenuis )
• Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii (poor ) H.Huber ( syn. Ceropegia woodii, including Ceropegia euryacme Schltr, Ceropegia leptocarpa Schltr, Ceropegia barbetonensis NEBr, Ceropegia hastata NEBr, Ceropegia beautiful landi NEBr, Ceropegia corallicorona Werderm. .. .. . ). In many popular science books and on websites it is still treated as a separate species.

Occurrence

The very large range of the species extends from Kenya in the north to Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique to South Africa.

• Ceropegia linearis subsp. linearis E.Mey. occurs in Mozambique, and South Africa (KwaZulu -Natal and Eastern Cape ).
• Ceropegia linearis subsp. debilis is based in Malawi.
• Ceropegia linearis subsp. tenuis has its distribution area in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
• Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii is limited to KwaZulu -Natal in South Africa. Ceropegia linearis subsp The subspecies. woodi is an easy houseplant.