Two New Species of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) on Limestone Hills in Northern Thailand
Keywords:
Ceropegia calcicola, C. thorutii, section Chionopegia, section Janthina, twining herbAbstract
Two new lithophytic climbers with clustered fusiform roots, Ceropegia calcicola Kidyoo and C. thorutii Kidyoo, from northern Thailand are here described. Illustrations, photographs, and comparisons of diagnostic characters with the morphologically similar species are provided.
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