''Cibirhiza'' is a genus of plants in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
, first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to central and eastern
Africa
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and to the
Arabian Peninsula
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Geographically, the ...
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Species
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Cibirhiza albersiana''
Kunz, Meve & Liede - Tanzania, Zambia
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Cibirhiza dhofarensis''
P.Bruyns - Oman
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Cibirhiza spiculata''
Thulin & Goyder - E Ethiopia
[Thulin, M., Goyder, D. and Liede-Schuman, S. (2008) ''Cibirhiza spiculata'' (Apocynaceae), a remarkable new species from eastern Ethiopia. Kew Bulletin, 63(4): 617-624.]
References
Apocynaceae genera
Asclepiadoideae
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