Ceropegia longirostris has been described in a paper published on 21/11/2021.* The paper is Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03416
Ceropegia longirostris is a climber to several metres length with round, twining, succulent stems and fibrous roots. It has flowers with a distinctive beak and warty swellings inside the flower cage.
It is assumed to be related to Ceropegia gypsophila, Ceropegia pseudorhynchantha and Ceropegia somalensis. It is only known from two locations 900 kilometres apart, one in Ethiopia and the other just over the border into Kenya. It is assumed there will be some to be found in the land between. The Kenyan example was noticed by a geologist working on an archaeological site in the Sibiloi National Park, famous for many early hominid fossils. Other succulents from the Ethiopian locality include Ceropegia gypsophila, Commicarpus ogadenensis (Nyctaginaceae, similar to the more well-known Mirabilis), Euphorbia suborbicularis and Kleinia gypsophila (Kleinia polycotoma?). They are found on a small outcrop of gypsum.
* Thulin, M, Gilbert, MG and Kaariye, HY "Ceropegia longirostris sp. nov. (Apocynaceae–Asclepiadoideae) from Ethiopia and Kenya" Nordic Journal of Botany (2021) https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03416
Long-beaked Ceropegia newly described
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Long-beaked Ceropegia newly described
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Re: Long-beaked Ceropegia newly described
I just realised the Creative Commons License means I can use the pictures, see attribution above.
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Re: Long-beaked Ceropegia newly described
It’s a very strange item.
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Re: Long-beaked Ceropegia newly described
I like the flower. But maybe not so easy to grow in the UK.
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Re: Long-beaked Ceropegia newly described
Probably not hardy but it might do OK indoors.
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