Ceropegia distincta   (N. E. Br.)


 
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syn. Ceropegia brevirostris (P. R. O. Bally & D. V. Field), Ceropegia cyrtoidea (Werderm.), Ceropegia haygarthii var. distincta [falsch]

 
distribution:

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal
Tanzania
Zanzibar
(?)

Zimbabwe

 
This species and Ceropegia haygarthii are mostly treated as subspecies of one and the same species and actually they differ only in the of there flower characters.

Above all Ceropegia distincta lacks Ceropegia haygarthii's typically lantern-like flower structure.

 
left:

Ceropegia distincta


Photo: by courtesy of Ulrich Bangert

http://www.ulrichbangert.de/index_kakteen.htm

 
several clones:

Ceropegia distincta 'Mseleni'

Ceropegia distincta 'Zimbabwe'

 
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