Species Ceropegia galpinii
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There aren’t any identifications of Ceropegia galpinii.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Ceropegia:
Gk. keros = wax; pege = fountain. Linnaeus described this genus in volume 1 of his Species plantarum, which appeared in 1753. Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked like candles and Ceropegia literally means a fountain of wax.
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Scientific name:
Ceropegia galpinii Schltr.
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Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: Beibl. n. 45 (1894)
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Year published:
1894
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ceropegia galpinii.