Ceropegia linearis

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

Ceropegia linearis, also known as string-of-needles, 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

  1. ^ a b "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "African Plant Database". Les Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 April 2020.


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