Echidnopsis
| Echidnopsis | |
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| Echidnopsis dammaniana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Stapeliae |
| Genus: |
Echidnopsis Hook.f. |
| Type species | |
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Echidnopsis cereiformis Hook.f. |
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Echidnopsis is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1871. They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Echidnopsis quadrangula now Caralluma quadrangula
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the Rhytidocaulon genus. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising the Pseudolithos genus and the widespread Caralluma stapeliads of North Africa.
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