''Larryleachia'' is a genus of
stapeliad
Stapeliinae is a subtribe of flowering plants within the tribe Ceropegieae of the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the family Apocynaceae. The subtribe comprises about 35 genera, including both the stem-succulent "stapeliads" and the horticulturally ...
succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s 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 ...
.
;Species
* ''
Larryleachia cactiformis
''Larryleachia cactiformis'' (also known as the cactus barrel milkweed) is a stapeliad succulent, native to the Richtersveld and Namaqualand in South Africa, where it grows in rocky areas. ''Larryleachia cactiformis'' proves as difficult a membe ...
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(Hooker) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia marlothii
''Larryleachia marlothii'' is a summer-flowering succulent plant native to Namibia and southern Angola.
Description
Grey-green and sometimes brown, ''Larryleachia marlothii'' grows as a separate, cylindrical stem of up to 6 inches tall spiralled ...
''
(N.E. Brown) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia perlata
''Larryleachia perlata'' is a species of flowering plant the family Apocynaceae. The species is a succulent plant species. The species is considered an insufficiently known species.
The plant can get up to 30 cm tall and the stems can be 2.5 c ...
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(Dinter) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia picta
''Larryleachia'' is a genus of stapeliad succulent flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae.
;Species
* ''Larryleachia cactiformis'' (Hooker) Plowes
* '' Larryleachia marlothii'' (N.E. Brown) Plowes
* '' Larryleachia perlata'' (Dinter) Plow ...
''
(N.E.Brown) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia tirasmontana
''Larryleachia tirasmontana'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is cold desert
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions cr ...
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(Plowes) Plowes
;Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genera ''
Richtersveldtia'' and ''
Notechidnopsis
''Notechidnopsis'' is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1985. It contains only one recognized species, ''Notechidnopsis tessellata'', native to Cape Province in South Africa.
;formerly included
moved to '' ...
''. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including ''
Lavrania
''Lavrania'' is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is ''Lavrania haagnerae'', endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.
Taxonomy
The genus and species were first described in 1986. Phylogenetic ...
'' and ''
Hoodia
''Hoodia'' (; known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa.
One species of ''Hoodia'' in particular, '' Hoodia gordonii'' ...
''.
[P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: ''Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.'' 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.]
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Apocynaceae genera
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