Notechidnopsis
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Notechidnopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Notechidnopsis Lavranos & Bleck |
| Species: | N. tessellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Notechidnopsis tessellata (Pillans ) Lavranos & Bleck | |
moved to Richtersveldia
- Notechidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Lavranos & Bleck synonym of Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
- Taxonomy
Phylogenetic 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]