Ophionella
Genus of flowering plants
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Ophionella is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1981.[2][3] It contains only one accepted species, Ophionella arcuata, native to Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.[4]
| Ophionella | |
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| Ophionella arcuata flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Ophionella Bruyns |
| Species: | O. arcuata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophionella arcuata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br. | |