Notechidnopsis Explained

Notechidnopsis is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1985.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one recognized species, Notechidnopsis tessellata, native to Cape Province in South Africa.^[3]

formerly included^[4] moved to Riocreuxia

• Notechidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Lavranos & Bleck synonym of Riocreuxia torulosa Decne.

TaxonomyPhylogenetic studies have shown this genus to most closely related to the stapeliad genera Richtersveldia and Larryleachia. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Lavranos, John Jacob & Bleck, M.B. 1985. Cactus and Succulent Journal (Los Angeles) 57(6): 256
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40037120 Tropicos, genus Notechidnopsis
3. AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Notechidnopsis The Plant List, genus Notechidnopsis
5. 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.