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Ceropegia sandersoniae Hook.f.
Bot. Mag. 113: t. 6927 1887
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Ceropegia sandersonii Decne. ex Hook.
Bot. Mag. t. 5792 1869

Ceropegia sandersoniae (Ceropegia sandersonii) Photo by: Diego Armentano
The flowers of Ceropegia sandersonii emit a scent that contains substances similar to the pheromone released by bees in mortal danger as a warning signal for companions. This way some carnivorous flies, the only ones that pollinate the plant, are attracted to the flower hoping to feast on the bee that is not there. Once the fly is laying on the flower of C. sandersonii, it is temporarily trapped by some complex capture structures of which the flower is equipped.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Ceropegia sandersonii Decne. ex Hook.
Bot. Mag. t. 5792 1869
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Parachute Plant, Umbrella Plant, Parachute flower, Sanderson's Ceropegia, Fountain flower, Umbrella flower, Giant ceropegia, Windowed flowers
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Sambreelblom
GERMAN (Deutsch): Kletternde Leuchterblume


19059 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Ceropegia sandersoniae (Ceropegia sandersonii) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
26433 diegoe Diego Armentano
Ceropegia sandersoniae (Ceropegia sandersonii) Photo by: Diego Armentano

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Ceropegia sandersoniae (Ceropegia sandersonii) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
19134 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Ceropegia sandersoniae (Ceropegia sandersonii) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano


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