Rhytidocaulon
Rhytidocaulon | |
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Rhytidocaulon macrolobum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: | Rhytidocaulon P.R.O.Bally |
Rhytidocaulon is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1962.[1][2] It is native to northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
- Species[3]
- P.R.O.Bally - Ethiopia
- Lavranos - Somalia
- Lavranos - Somalia
- P.R.O.Bally - Somalia, Ethiopia
- (N.E.Br.) M.G.Gilbert - Arabia
- species with undetermined affinities[3]
- Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the genus Echidnopsis which inhabits the same region. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising the genus Pseudolithos and the widespread Caralluma stapeliads of North Africa.[4]
References[]
- ^ Bally, Peter René Oscar. 1962. Candollea 18: 335
- ^ Tropicos, genus Rhytidocaulon
- ^ a b The Plant List, Rhytidocaulon
- ^ P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.
Categories:
- Apocynaceae genera
- Asclepiadoideae