Ceropegia anjanerica (Malpure, M. Y. Kamble & S. R. Yadav)
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| distribution:
India: Anjaneri Hill / Nashik District / Maharashtra |
| This species
has only been discovered and described in September 2005. This plant grows
in about 1296 m above sea level on the plateau of the Anjaneri Hill in
open terrain in well drained soil. The whole presently known population consists of only about hundred plants. It is a very tiny, inconspicuous herbaceous species. The plant grows upright and is usually unbranched. It is only about 20 cm tall and arises from a subterranean tuber with a diameter of 2 to 5 cm. The lancett-shaped to elliptic, plain green leaves stand opposite on the stem and are 1,5 to 4,5 cm long and 0,4 to 1,3 cm wide. They arise directly from the main stem or have a small petiole which is at most 0,2 to 0,5 cm long. The flowers appear during the rainy season, around the September. They appear solitary, are about 3 to 3,5 cm long and greenish beige coloured with some purplish stripes on the inside. |
| References: - Nilesh V. Malpure; Mayur Y. Kamble; S. R. Yadav: A new species of Ceropegia L. (Asclepiadaceae) from the Western Ghats of India with a note on series Attenuatae Huber; Current Science, Vol. 91, No. 9, 10 November 2006 |