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Ceropegia stapeliiformis

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This species of Ceropegia is known as the Serpent Ceropegia or 'Slangkambro'. It is characterised by small almost microscopic sized leaves, prostate or creeping stems and distinctive flowers which have reflexed free lobes. There are two known subspecies: subspecies stapeliiformis and subspecies serpentina.

The subspecies stapeliiformis is known from areas of karoid scrub in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its distribution ranges from Uitenhage to Graaff Reinet and Kingwilliamstown.

The subspies 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.

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