Biology:Larryleachia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Larryleachia | |
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| Larryleachia cactiformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Larryleachia Plowes |
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Leachia Plowes (non Cassini) | |
Larryleachia is a genus of stapeliad succulent flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae.
- Species[1]
- Larryleachia cactiformis (Hooker) Plowes
- Larryleachia marlothii (N.E. Brown) Plowes
- Larryleachia perlata (Dinter) Plowes
- Larryleachia picta (N.E.Brown) Plowes
- Larryleachia tirasmontana (Plowes) Plowes
- Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genera Richtersveldtia and Notechidnopsis. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.[2]
References
- ↑ Albers and Meve, ed., Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae 176-178 (2004)
- ↑ P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.
Wikidata ☰ Q291799 entry
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