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Genus of flowering plants

Duvaliandra
Flowering specimen of Duvaliandra dioscoridis in a pot
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Duvaliandra dioscoridis
(Lavranos) M.G. Gilbert
Synonyms

Caralluma dioscoridis Lavranos

Duvaliandra is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1980. It contains only one known species, Duvaliandra dioscoridis, native to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Duvaliandra
  2. Gilbert, Michael George. 1980. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 42(4): 101
  3. Lavranos, John Jacob. 1972. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37: t. 3687, p. 1.
Taxon identifiers
Duvaliandra
Duvaliandra dioscoridis
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