“…Subsequent to the revision of Ceropegia in India (Ansari, 1984), a number of new species have been described from different parts of the country by various authors (Swarupanandan & Mangaly, 1992;Sreekumar et al, 1998;Daniel & Umamaheshwari, 2001;Yadav et al, 2004;Malpure et al, 2006;Punekar et al, 2006;Yadav et al, 2006;Yadav & Shendange, 2010;Diwakar & Singh, 2011;Kullayiswamy et al, 2013;Rahangdale & Rahangdale, 2012;Sujanapal et al, 2013;Manudev et al, 2016).…”