Larryleachia

Larryleachia cactiformis

Taxonavigation

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: Larryleachia
Species: L. cactiformis – L. marlothii – L. perlata – L. picta – L. sociarum –L. tirasmontana

Name

Larryleachia Plowes, Excelsa 17: 5. (1996)

• Type species: Larryleachia cactiformis (Hook.) Plowes, Excelsa 17: 5. (1996)

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Leachia Plowes, Asklepios 56: 11 (1992), nom. illeg. hom. = Leachia Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 25: 388. (1822) vide Coreopsis L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 907 (1753) (Asteraceae)
• Homotypic
  • Leachiella Plowes, Asklepios 57: 15 (1992), nom. illeg. hom. vide Leachiella (1992) Kugrens (Rhodophyceae)
  • Ceropegia sect. Larryleachia (Plowes) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 421. (2017)

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2022 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2022).

References

• Plowes, D.C. 1996. Excelsa 17: 5.
• Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Larryleachia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Larryleachia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Larryleachia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Larryleachia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2022.

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