Duvaliandra
Duvaliandra is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1980.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Duvaliandra dioscoridis, native to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean.[3]
| Duvaliandra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Duvaliandra M.G.Gilbert |
| Species: | D. dioscoridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Duvaliandra dioscoridis (Lavranos) M.G. Gilbert | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Caralluma dioscoridis Lavranos | |
References
- Tropicos, Duvaliandra
- Gilbert, Michael George. 1980. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 42(4): 101
- Lavranos, John Jacob. 1972. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37: t. 3687, p. 1.
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