Notechidnopsis

Updated on Dec 23, 2024

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Kingdom Plantae Family Apocynaceae Rank Genus		Order Gentianales Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Similar Stapeliopsis, Riocreuxia, Orbeanthus, Lavrania, Tridentea

Notechidnopsis top 5 facts

Notechidnopsis is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1985. It contains only one recognized species, Notechidnopsis tessellata , native to Cape Province in South Africa.

formerly included

moved to Riocreuxia

Notechidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Lavranos & Bleck synonym of Riocreuxia torulosa Decne.

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies have shown this genus to most closely related to the Richtersveldtia and Larryleachia genera of stapeliads. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.

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Notechidnopsis Wikipedia

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