Thursday, August 8, 2024

[Botany • 2024] Ceropegia shivrayiana (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae: Ceropegieae) • A New Species from Western Ghats, India


Ceropegia shivrayiana A. P. Jangam, Kambale & N. V. Pawar, 

in Jangam, Kambale, Yadav, More et Pawar, 2024. 
 
Abstract
A new species Ceropegia shivrayiana A. P. Jangam, Kambale & N. V. Pawar, is described and illustrated here from Vishalgad fort in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra state, India. This new species is similar to Ceropegia lawii Hooker f., but differs in having a climbing habit, hairy peduncles, obovate corolla cage with reflexed corolla lobes.

Ceropegia karulensisCeropegia santapauiIndopegia, Kolhapur, Western Ghats, Eudicots







Akshay P. Jangam, Sharad S. Kambale, Shrirang R. Yadav, Ratan V. More and Nilesh V. Pawar. 2024. 2024. Ceropegia shivrayiana (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae), A New Species from Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa. 662(1); 102-108. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.662.1.8