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Ceropegia woodii

Schltr. (1894)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Ceropegia

rosary vine, string of hearts

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 34 (1894)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ceropegia woodii Koloa District, Kalaheo, Olu Pua Botanical Garden In hanging basket. Preserved_Specimen Pendant herb, stems reddish tinged, lvs thick, succulent, dull med grn above w/ 3 pale grn veins below whitish-grn to tinged pinkish w/ dk veins, flower pink w/ white patch just at base, corolla lobes dk purplish-black, united at tip, not fragrant (1:30 p), fruit glossy pale grn, aerial tubers formed. Flynn, T.W. 5916 Kauai BISH 1995-11-24
2 Ceropegia woodii Aiea, 98-851 Iliee St., residence of William and Peggy Jones Growing in a hanging pot in partial shade. Preserved_Specimen A vine. Corollas whitish, with reddish-purple markings within. Flowers odorless (morning). Lau, J. 2038 Oahu BISH 1986-02-24
3 Ceropegia woodii South Hilo distr., in H. Eunice Nursery in the Panaewa Farm Lots, 792 Kealakai St. Grown in hanging containers under shade. Preserved_Specimen Plants trailing over edges of pot, to 1.33 m long; lvs variegated with white and pink on pale green ground; flws pink and black; frts paired cylindrical pods. Staples, G.W. 1259 Hawaii BISH 2007-02-08
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