Monolluma

Monolluma
Flower of Monolluma species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Monolluma
Plowes[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cylindrilluma Plowes
  • Sanguilluma Plowes
  • Sulcolluma Plowes

Monolluma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1995.[2] All the species had previously been included in the genus Caralluma, some also in Boucerosia, Cylindrilluma, Desmidorchis, Echidnopsis, Sanguilluma and Sulcolluma. Some members of the genus can be found in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in Arabia with Monolluma socotrana found on Socotra in the Indian Ocean, and in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in Africa.[1]

Species

As of June 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

  • Monolluma cicatricosa (Deflers) Plowes
  • Monolluma hexagona (Lavranos) Meve & Liede
  • Monolluma quadrangula (Forssk.) Plowes
  • Monolluma socotrana (Balf.f.) Meve & Liede
  • Monolluma solenophora (Lavranos) Meve & Liede


References

  1. ^ a b c d "Monolluma Plowes". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. ^ Plowes, Darrel C. H. 1995. Haseltonia 3: 64
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