Monolluma

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Monolluma
Monolluma fanerógamas Apocynaceae.jpg
A picture of a genus belongs to the subfamily of Monolluma milkweed plants (Asclepiadoideae) in the family of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Monolluma

Plowes
Binomial name
Monolluma quadrangula
(Forssk.) Plowes
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Stapelia quadrangula Forssk.
  • Desmidorchis forskalii Decne.
  • Boucerosia forskalii Decne.
  • Boucerosia quadrangula (Forssk.) Decne.
  • Caralluma quadrangula (Forssk.) N.E. Br.
  • Caralluma quadrangula (Forssk.) R. Br. ex Di Capua
  • Desmidorchis quadrangula (Forssk.) Kuntze
  • Desmidorchis quadrangula (Forssk.) M. G. Gilbert & J. Raynal
  • Echidnopsis quadrangula (Forssk.) Deflers

Monolluma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1995.[3] It contains only one known species, Monolluma quadrangula, native to Middle East.[1][2]

formerly included

Monolluma cicatricosa (Deflers) Plowes, synonym of (Deflers) N.E.Br..

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tropicos
  2. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Monolluma
  3. ^ Plowes, Darrel C. H. 1995. Haseltonia 3: 64
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