''Duvaliandra'' is a species of plants in the

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 1980.Tropicos, ''Duvaliandra''
/ref> It contains only one known species, ''Duvaliandra dioscoridis'', native to the

Socotra Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as ...

Islands in the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

.Lavranos, John Jacob. 1972. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37: t. 3687, p. 1.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q5815309, from2=Q15583581 Endemic flora of Socotra Asclepiadoideae Monotypic Apocynaceae genera