Desmidorchis retrospiciens

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Desmidorchis
Species: D. adenensis – D. arabica – D. aucheriana – D. awdeliana – D. edithae – D. flava – D. foetida – D. imposter – D. lavrani – D. pennicillata – D. retrospiciens – D. somalica – D. speciosa – D. tardellii

Name

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Desmidorchis Ehrenb., Linnaea 4: 94. (1829) nom. et typ. cons.

  • Type species: Desmidorchis retrospiciens Ehrenb., (1829)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Caralluma subg. Desmidorchis (Ehrenb.) M.G.Gilbert, Bradleya 8: 19. (1990)
    • Ceropegia sect. Desmidorchis (Ehrenb.) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 412. (2017)
  • Heterotypic
    • Desmidochus Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 130 (1828), orth. var.
    • Sarcocodon N.E.Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 169. (1880 publ. 1878)
    • Crenulluma Plowes, Haseltonia 3: 66. (1995)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Morocco
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Burkina, Chad, Mali, Niger
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Ghana, Mauritania , Nigeria, Senegal
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.
  • Mottram, R. (2009) Proposal to conserve the name Desmidorchis (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 58: 648–649
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Vernacular names

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مصرى: ديسميدورتشيس
русский:  Десмидорхис
中文:  球花角属
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