Biology:Ceropegia linearis

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Short description: Species of plant

Ceropegia linearis
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Montreal Botanical Garden
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ceropegia
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Ceropegia linearis
E.Mey.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceropegia caffrorum Schltr.
  • Ceropegia debilis N.E.Br.

Ceropegia linearis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southern Africa.[2]

The popular houseplant Ceropegia woodii is sometimes treated as a subspecies of C. linearis, as C. linearis subsp. woodii.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17148373 entry