Ceropegia attenuata Hook.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ceropegia angustifolia Dalzell; Ceropegia attenuata var. mookambikae Diwakar & R.Kr.Singh; Ceropegia spiralis Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceropegia attenuata Hook.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Rocky sea shores
  • Comments / notes : Rare, found growing on exposed rocky slopes among grasses
  • Key identification features : Slender, pubescent herbs, 15-30 cm tall; sterns stout; Leaves linear or linear-Ianceolate; Flowers solitary, axillary, peduncles short.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Collection Nos : NI 231
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district, Pune district, Thane district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • T.M. Ramakrishna et al. 1995. The Asclepiadaceae and Periplocaceae of Karnataka.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 164
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia attenuata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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