Duvaliandra
Appearance
Duvaliandra | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: | Duvaliandra M.G.Gilbert |
Species: | D. dioscoridis
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Binomial name | |
Duvaliandra dioscoridis (Lavranos) M.G. Gilbert
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Synonyms[1] | |
Caralluma dioscoridis Lavranos |
Duvaliandra is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1980.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Duvaliandra dioscoridis, native to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tropicos, Duvaliandra
- ^ Gilbert, Michael George. 1980. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 42(4): 101
- ^ Lavranos, John Jacob. 1972. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37: t. 3687, p. 1.