<i>Ceropegia andhrica</i> (Apocynaceae), a new species from Andhra Pradesh, India

A new hysteranthous species of Ceropegia, C. andhrica P.Chiranjeevi, K.Prasad &amp; V.Nagaraju sp. nov. (Apocynaceae), is described from the Paderu forest division, Alluri Sitharamaraju District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It morphologically resembles Ceropegia vemanae and C. ciliatior in features such as the shape and size of tuber, pendulous flowers, reflexed corolla lobes and exposed gynostegium with corona , but differs in having branched or rarely unbranched stem, flowers 4–6 at a node, pedicels 4–10 mm long, sepals subulate or narrowly deltoid, corolla dark purple, densely hairy, lobes 3.4–6.0 mm long, ovate‐triangular at base then gradually tapering above, interstaminal corona lobes shortly bilobed with triangular lobules, and staminal corona lobes narrowly oblong, 3‐lobed at apex. A detailed description, photographs, and the conservation status of the new species are provided.