Rhytidocaulon
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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
Quick Facts Rhytidocaulon, Scientific classification ...
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 |
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Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2023:[3]
- Rhytidocaulon arachnoideum T.A.McCoy
- Rhytidocaulon baricum Thulin
- Rhytidocaulon ciliatum Hanácek & Ricánek
- Rhytidocaulon elegantissimum Hanácek & Ricánek
- Rhytidocaulon fulleri Lavranos & Mortimer
- Rhytidocaulon macrolobum Lavranos
- Rhytidocaulon mccoyi Lavranos & Mies
- Rhytidocaulon molamatarense T.A.McCoy & Plowes
- Rhytidocaulon paradoxum P.R.O.Bally - Ethiopia
- Rhytidocaulon piliferum Lavranos - Somalia
- Rhytidocaulon pseudosubscandens T.A.McCoy
- Rhytidocaulon richardianum Lavranos - Somalia
- Rhytidocaulon sheilae D.V.Field
- Rhytidocaulon specksii T.A.McCoy
- Rhytidocaulon splendidum T.A.McCoy
- Rhytidocaulon subscandens P.R.O.Bally - Somalia, Ethiopia
- Rhytidocaulon tortum (N.E.Br.) M.G.Gilbert - Arabia
- 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]