Didierea madagascariensis

Didierea madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Didiereaceae
Genus:	Didierea
Species:	D. madagascariensis
Binomial name
	Didierea madagascariensis; Baill. (1880)
Synonyms
	Didierea mirabilis Baill.; Alluaudiopsis marnieriana Rauh

Didierea madagascariensis, commonly known as the octopus tree,^[2] is a species of Didiereaceae endemic to the spiny thickets of southwestern Madagascar.^[3] It was first described scientifically by the French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon in 1880^[4] and is the type species of the genus Didierea.

Description[]

As with all members of the sub-family Didiereoideae, this is a semi-succulent woody, shrub to small tree.^[5] It is densely spiny and can grow up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall.^[6] Spines are arranged in whorls, mostly of four.^[5] Leaves are small and narrow-lanceolate and arranged in rosettes.^[5]

References[]

^ Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Jul 2019 <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/10700010>
^ Couzens, Dominic (2008). Top 100 Birding Sites of the World. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-520-25932-4.
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Baillon, Henri Ernest (1880). "Sur le Didierra". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris (in French): 258–259.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Rauh, W. 1983. The morphology and systematic position of the Didiereaceae of Madagascar. Blumea 14(3/4): 839–843.
^ Dixon, R. (1995). "The Didiereaceae of southern Madagascar". Aloe. 32 (3/4): 72–73. ISSN 0002-6301.

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[1] Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Jul 2019 <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/10700010>

[Couzens2008-2] Couzens, Dominic (2008). Top 100 Birding Sites of the World. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-520-25932-4.

[q-3] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[Baillon1880-4] Baillon, Henri Ernest (1880). "Sur le Didierra". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris (in French): 258–259.

[Raun1983-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Rauh, W. 1983. The morphology and systematic position of the Didiereaceae of Madagascar. Blumea 14(3/4): 839–843.

[Dixon1995-6] Dixon, R. (1995). "The Didiereaceae of southern Madagascar". Aloe. 32 (3/4): 72–73. ISSN 0002-6301.

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