Taxon:  Ceropegia linearis E. Mey. subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber



Summary
Genus:
Ceropegia
Section:
Ceropegiella
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Nomen number:
464309
Place of publication:
Mem. Soc. Brot. 12:118.  1957
Verified:
01/19/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Ceropegia linearis E. Mey. (0 active accession[s])
Ceropegia linearis E. Mey. subsp. linearis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ceropegia woodii Schltr.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 87.
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1293.
  4. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishchain-of-hearts  1Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 87.
Englishhearts-entangled  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber
Englishhearts-on-a-string  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber
Englishheartvine as Ceropegia woodii1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Ceropegia woodii
Englishrosary-vine as Ceropegia woodii1Brickell, C., ed. 1997. The American Horticultural Society. Encyclopaedia of garden plants MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, New York. Note: as Ceropegia woodii
Englishstring-of-hearts as Ceropegia woodii1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Ceropegia woodii
Englishsweetheartvine  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber
Germanhängende Leuchterblume  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1293.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 87.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 87.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 87.
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Albers, F. & U. Meve, eds. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Asclepiadaceae 87.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=464309. Accessed 12 May 2026.