Taxon:  Hoodia alstonii (N. E. Br.) Plowes



Summary
Genus:
Hoodia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Stapeliinae
Nomen number:
448972
Place of publication:
Asklepios 56:7.  1992
Verified:
10/17/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trichocaulon alstonii N. E. Br.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ceropegia alstonii (N. E. Br.) Bruyns

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Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Bruyns, P. V. 1993. A revision of Hoodia and Lavrania (Asclepiadaceae - Stapelieae). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115:229-232.
  3. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  4. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia s.w.Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Provincen.w.Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia (s.w.), South Africa [Cape Province (n.w.)]

Reference(s)
  1. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
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://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=448972. Accessed 15 October 2026.