Ceropegia biflora Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 211. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 1744.

Lectotype (Ansari in Jain & al. in Fasc. Fl. India 16: 12. 1984): Herb. Hermann 5: 296, No. 110 [icon] (BM) .

Current name: Ceropegia candelabrum L. var. biflora (L.) Ansari ( Asclepiadaceae).

Note: Trimen (Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 167. 1895) noted the existence of the Hermann drawing, but did not explicitly treat it as the type.