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| Ceropegia stylesii in Heiduk. 2023. |
Abstract
A novel species of Ceropegia sect. Bowkerianae (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae-Stapeliinae), C. stylesii, is described from Ngome in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This new species is vegetatively similar to C. gerrardii. The rotate non-trapping flowers of C. stylesii superficially appear to be miniature versions of a dark-flowered form of C. gerrardii, with which it is sympatric. Ceropegia stylesii is exceptionally rare with fewer than 10 individuals observed at two localities; its habitat is under anthropogenic threat. Ceropegia stylesii is considered as Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN criteria.
Keywords: Bowkerianae, Brachystelma gerrardii, Ceropegieae, critically endangered, endemism, KwaZulu-Natal, mistbelt grassland, Stapeliinae, Eudicots
Ceropegia stylesii Heiduk, sp. nov.
Annemarie Heiduk. 2023. Ceropegia stylesii (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)—A Novel Species with rotate flowers from Ngome, South Africa. Phytotaxa. 579(2); 117–124. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.2.5
Introducing Ceropegia stylesii – a novel species of “Brachystelma” from South Africa
