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This species of ''Ceropegia'' is known as the Serpent Ceropegia or 'Slangkambro'. |
This species of ''Ceropegia'' is known as the Serpent Ceropegia, Snake creeper or 'Slangkambro'. They are prostate, creeping, trailing or climbing succulent creepers with fibrous roots (which develop where the stems touch the ground) and have clear sap. The leaves are minute and rudimentary, soon falling off the stems. The flowers are 50-70 mm long and have a distinctive funnel-shape with a greenish white colour that is spotted or streaked with maroon. The petals surrounding the mouth are free-spreading, reflexed and fringed with hairs. The fruit a follicle with tubercles.The species has two described subspecies: ''Ceropegia stapeliiformis'' Haw. subsp. ''stapeliiformis'' (E.A. Bruce) R.A. Dyer and ''Ceropegia stapeliiformis'' Haw. subsp. ''serpentina'' (E.A. Bruce) R.A. Dyer. |
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The subspecies ''stapeliiformis'' is known from areas of karroid scrub in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, with a distribution from Uitenhage and Willomore to Graaff Reinet and Kingwilliamstown. This subspecies is known to flower from October to March. |
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The subspecies ''serpentina'', which was initially described as ''Ceropegia serpentina'' by E.A. Bruce, has a distribution which ranges from Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland to Gauteng, Mapumalanga and Limpopo privinces of South Africa, where it occurs in scrub bush. The flowering time from December to March. |
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The names have the following derivation: stapeliiformis = resembling Stapelia (Latin)and sepentina = serpentine (Latin). |
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Image:Ceropegia_subsp_serpentinaCrisHighamsPhoto.jpg|Ceropegia stapeliiformis subsp. serpentina |
Image:Ceropegia_subsp_serpentinaCrisHighamsPhoto.jpg|Ceropegia stapeliiformis subsp. serpentina photographed in the wild, Ingwavuma, South Africa. |
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Image:C stapelliformis.jpg|Ceropegia stapeliiformis |
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Revision as of 15:24, 24 July 2006
This species of Ceropegia is known as the Serpent Ceropegia, Snake creeper or 'Slangkambro'. They are prostate, creeping, trailing or climbing succulent creepers with fibrous roots (which develop where the stems touch the ground) and have clear sap. The leaves are minute and rudimentary, soon falling off the stems. The flowers are 50-70 mm long and have a distinctive funnel-shape with a greenish white colour that is spotted or streaked with maroon. The petals surrounding the mouth are free-spreading, reflexed and fringed with hairs. The fruit a follicle with tubercles.The species has two described subspecies: Ceropegia stapeliiformis Haw. subsp. stapeliiformis (E.A. Bruce) R.A. Dyer and Ceropegia stapeliiformis Haw. subsp. serpentina (E.A. Bruce) R.A. Dyer.
The subspecies stapeliiformis is known from areas of karroid scrub in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, with a distribution from Uitenhage and Willomore to Graaff Reinet and Kingwilliamstown. This subspecies is known to flower from October to March.
The subspecies serpentina, which was initially described as Ceropegia serpentina by E.A. Bruce, has a distribution which ranges from Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland to Gauteng, Mapumalanga and Limpopo privinces of South Africa, where it occurs in scrub bush. The flowering time from December to March.
The names have the following derivation: stapeliiformis = resembling Stapelia (Latin)and sepentina = serpentine (Latin).
<gallery> Image:Ceropegia_subsp_serpentinaCrisHighamsPhoto.jpg|Ceropegia stapeliiformis subsp. serpentina photographed in the wild, Ingwavuma, South Africa. <gallery>