''Cibirhiza'' is a genus of plants in the family

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, first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to central and eastern

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and to the

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Species

# '' Cibirhiza albersiana'' Kunz, Meve & Liede - Tanzania, Zambia # '' Cibirhiza dhofarensis'' P.Bruyns - Oman # '' Cibirhiza spiculata'' Thulin & Goyder - E EthiopiaThulin, 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 {{Apocynaceae-stub