Monolluma
Genus of flowering plants
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Monolluma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1995.[2] All the species had previously been included in the genus Caralluma, some also in Boucerosia, Cylindrilluma, Desmidorchis, Echidnopsis, Sanguilluma and Sulcolluma. Some members of the genus can be found in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in Arabia with Monolluma socotrana found on Socotra in the Indian Ocean, and in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Monolluma Plowes[1] |
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Species
As of June 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Monolluma cicatricosa (Deflers) Plowes
- Monolluma hexagona (Lavranos) Meve & Liede
- Monolluma quadrangula (Forssk.) Plowes
- Monolluma socotrana (Balf.f.) Meve & Liede
- Monolluma solenophora (Lavranos) Meve & Liede