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Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. (2017) A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) South African Journal of Botany 112 399-436
Dyer, R.A. (1980) Asclepiadaceae: Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia Flora of Southern Africa 27(4) 1 - 88
Goyder, D.J. (2007) Zimbabwean Asclepiadaceae. Unpublished list.
Perennial herbs, mostly climbing or scrambling, sometimes erect, with tubers or fleshy or fibrous roots. Leaves opposite, simple, sometimes succulent. Flowers in umbel-like clusters, racemes or 1-several at the nodes. Sepals 5. Corolla tubular, usually with an inflated base; lobes free or connate into a cage or umbrella-like structure. Corona 2-seriate. Follicles fusiform. Seeds narrowly winged with an apical tuft of hairs. Derivation of name: from Greek: keros, meaning wax and pege, a stream of fountains, referring to the waxy nature of some of the flowers. Comment: For this genus we follow the concepts of Meve. More recent phylogenetic evidence has led to the forming of a very broad concept of the genus Ceropegia including the genus Brachystelma and all known genera within the Stapeliae (Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P., 2017). We will await a broader form of acceptance of this new concept before changing the taxonomy in our database. Worldwide: 160 species in Arabia, Africa, Madagascar and Australia Mozambique: 9 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aloicola M.G.Gilbert INED.[End] | M | |
| ampliata E. Mey. | M | |
| cyperifolia Bruyns[End] | N | |
| filipendula K.Schum. | Description, Image | |
| meyeri Decne. | Description, Image | |
| muchevensis M.G.Gilbert INED.[End] | MS | |
| nilotica Kotschy | Description, Image | |
| sandersonii Decne. ex Hook. f.[NrEnd] | M | |
| sp. no. 1 [NrEnd?] | MS | Description, Image |
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