Biology:Didierea madagascariensis
| Didierea madagascariensis | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Didiereaceae |
| Genus: | Didierea |
| Species: | D. madagascariensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Didierea madagascariensis Baill. (1880)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Didierea mirabilis Baill.; Alluaudiopsis marnieriana Rauh | |
Didierea madagascariensis, commonly known as the octopus tree,[2] is a species of Didiereaceae endemic to the spiny thickets of southwestern Madagascar .[3] It was first described scientifically by the French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon in 1880[4] and is the type species of the genus Didierea.
It is known in Malagasy as sohongy, sony and soribarika.[5] Sohongy and sony come from the Tanosy dialect word songo meaning "lock of hair" or a rooster's crest or comb[6] possibly referring to its branches that sprawl upwards.
Description
As with all members of the sub-family Didiereoideae, this is a semi-succulent woody, shrub to small tree.[7] It is densely spiny and can grow up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall.[8] Spines are arranged in whorls, mostly of four.[7] Leaves are small and narrow-lanceolate and arranged in rosettes.[7]
References
- ↑ Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Jul 2019 <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/10700010>
- ↑ Couzens, Dominic (2008). Top 100 Birding Sites of the World. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-520-25932-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=gJVLXG-LOcMC&pg=PA166.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest (1880). "Sur le Didierra" (in French). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 258–259. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11016823.
- ↑ de La Beaujardière, Jean-Marie, ed (2001). "Botanical scientific names" (in en). Botanical scientific names. https://en.mondemalgache.org/bins/taxonLists?kingdom=B&order=1&range=D#didiereamadagascariensis.
- ↑ Boiteau, Pierre (1999). "sony" (in fr). sony. III. Editions Alzieu. https://en.mondemalgache.org/bins/teny2/sony.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Rauh, W. 1983. The morphology and systematic position of the Didiereaceae of Madagascar. Blumea 14(3/4): 839–843.
- ↑ Dixon, R. (1995). "The Didiereaceae of southern Madagascar". Aloe 32 (3/4): 72–73. ISSN 0002-6301.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2277555 entry
 |  |
