Desmidorchis retrospiciens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Desmidorchis retrospiciens Ehrenb., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1829: 31, 39. 1832.

Homotypic
- Caralluma retrospiciens (Ehrenb.) N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. III, 12: 370. 1892.

Heterotypic
- Boucerosia acutangula (Decne.) Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 648. 1844.
- Boucerosia russeliana Courbai ex Brongn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 900. 1860.
- Boucerosia tombuctuensis A.Chev., Compt. Rend. Congr. Intern. Bot. 271. 1900 publ. 1901.
- Caralluma acutangula (Decne.) N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 12: 369. 1892.
- Caralluma hirtiflora N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 264. 1895.
- Caralluma retrospiciens subsp. tombuctuensis (A.Chev.) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 266. 1934.
- Caralluma retrospiciens var. acutangula (Decne.) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 270. 1934.
- Caralluma retrospiciens var. glabra N.E.Br., Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 481. 1903.
- Caralluma retrospiciens var. hirtiflora (N.E.Br.) A.Berger, Stapel. & Klein. 71. 1910.
- Caralluma retrospiciens var. laxiflora Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 357. 1939.
- Caralluma retrospiciens var. tombuctuensis (A.Chev.) A.Chev. in A.C.White & B.Sloane, Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 266. 1934.
- Caralluma russelliana (Courbon ex Brongn.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): 30. 1969.
- Caralluma tombuctuensis (A.Chev.) N.E.Br., Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 622. 1904.
- Desmidorchis acutangula Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 9: 265. 1838.
- Stapelia desmidorchis Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 631 1841.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Burkina, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Mottram, R. (2009) Proposal to conserve the name Desmidorchis (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 58: 648–649 [2].

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