Monolluma

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Monolluma
Monolluma fanerogamas Apocynaceae.jpg
A picture of a genus belongs to the subfamily of Monolluma milkweed plants (Asclepiadoideae) in the family of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).
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Monolluma

Plowes
Binomial name
Monolluma quadrangula
(Forssk.) Plowes
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Stapelia quadrangulaForssk.
  • Desmidorchis forskaliiDecne.
  • Boucerosia forskaliiDecne.
  • 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 Caralluma cicatricosa (Deflers) N.E.Br..

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References

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