Genus Hoodia Sweet ex Decne.

Possible synonym of Ceropegia L. sect. Hoodia


Summary
Genus number:
5781
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Stapeliinae
Accession count:

4 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4) Monothylaceum G. Don, nom. rej. prop.


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References:
  1. Bruyns, P. V. et al. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). S. African J. Bot. 112:399-436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021.
  2. Bruyns, P. V. 1993. A revision of Hoodia and Lavrania (Asclepiadaceae - Stapelieae). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115:145-270.
  3. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
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/taxonomygenus?id=5781. Accessed 11 May 2026.