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Succulent taxonomic card

Hoodia pilifera

(L.f.) Plowes

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Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Hoodia

Name and source scope

Accepted name in WCVP 16, 4 June 2026 edition. This card documents nomenclature. Inclusion in the succulent scope is supported by the cited source. [27-WWW]

First publication of the name · Asklepios 56: 10 (1992)

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Synonyms and earlier names

  • Ceropegia coleorum (Plowes) Bruyns · homotypic synonym
  • Ceropegia pilifera (L.f.) Bruyns · homotypic synonym
  • Ceropegia pilifera subsp. annulata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns · homotypic synonym
  • Hoodia annulata (N.E.Br.) Plowes · homotypic synonym
  • Hoodia coleorum Plowes · homotypic synonym
  • Hoodia grandis (N.E.Br.) Plowes
  • Piaranthus pilifer (L.f.) Sweet · homotypic synonym
  • Stapelia pilifera L.f. · homotypic synonym
  • Stisseria pilifera (L.f.) Kuntze · homotypic synonym
  • Trichocaulon annulatum N.E.Br. · homotypic synonym
  • Trichocaulon grande N.E.Br.
  • Trichocaulon piliferum (L.f.) N.E.Br. · homotypic synonym
  • Trichocaulon pillansii N.E.Br. · homotypic synonym
  • Trichocaulon pillansii var. major N.E.Br.

Accepted infraspecific taxa

  • Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
  • Hoodia pilifera subsp. pilifera
  • Hoodia pilifera subsp. pillansii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns

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