Ischnolepis natalensis explained

Ischnolepis natalensis is a climbing geophyte vine, commonly known as propeller vine, in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa.^[1]

It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Petopetia, which was first described as a genus in 1954.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
2. Bullock, Arthur Allman. 1954. Kew Bulletin 1954: 362