Notechidnopsis | |
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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: | Notechidnopsis Lavranos & Bleck |
Species: | N. tessellata
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Binomial name | |
Notechidnopsis tessellata (Pillans ) Lavranos & Bleck
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Notechidnopsis is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1985.[1][2] It contains only one recognized species, Notechidnopsis tessellata, native to Cape Province in South Africa.[3]
moved to Riocreuxia
Phylogenetic studies have shown this genus to most closely related to the stapeliad genera Richtersveldia and Larryleachia. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.[5]