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

"Habitat in Malabaria." RCN: 1743.

Lectotype (Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 167. 1895): [icon] " Njotanjodien-valli " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 9: 27, t. 16. 1689.

Generitype of Ceropegia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 136. 1929).

Current name: Ceropegia candelabrum L. ( Asclepiadaceae).

Note: The type is illustrated by Walker (in Asklepios 71: 27. 1997).