Ceropegia hookeri (C. B. Clarke ex Hook. f.)
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| syn. Ceropegia hookeri var. mollis (H. Huber) |
| distribution:
Bhutan China: Sichuan, Xizang India: Sikkim Nepal: Ilam District; Panchthar District / Mechi Tibet |
| In the wild
this species can be found at a altitude of 3000 to 4000 m above sea level.
There it can be found in temperate forests, where it mostly grows on
cleared places or alongside the tourist's trekking paths. It is an upright growing plant which sometimes may also grow twining. The softly woody stem reaches a length of not fully 50 cm and is slightly pubescent. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape and have a length of about 2,5 to 5 cm ba a wide of 2 to 2,5 cm. They are also hirsute. The cymes are few flowered, the flower tube is only about 1,7 cm in length. The chinese name of this species is Chi guan diao deng hua. In Sikkim, in India, this species was since 1909 believed to be extinct, until its rediscovery in the year 2009. |
| References: - Ajay Singh Rawat: Indian forestry: a perspective. New Delhi: Indus. 1993 - Wu Zheng-Yi; Peter H. Raven: Flora of China, Volume 16: Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press 1995 - D. C. Nautiyal; S. K. Sharma; M. K. Pandit: Notes on the taxonomic history, rediscovery and conservation status of two endangered species of Ceropegia (Asclepiadaceae) from Sikkim Himalaya. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3(2): 815-822. 2009 - Arun Chettri; Saroj K. Barik; Mark K. Lyngdoh; Harendra N. Pandey: Plantae, Magnoliophyta, Gentianales, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Ceropegia hookeri: Distribution and rediscovery in eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India. Check List 5(3):695-698. 2009 |