''Larryleachia'' is a genus of
stapeliad succulent flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
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 Members of ...
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;Species
* ''
Larryleachia cactiformis''
(Hooker) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia marlothii''
(N.E. Brown) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia perlata''
(Dinter) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia picta''
(N.E.Brown) Plowes
* ''
Larryleachia tirasmontana''
(Plowes) Plowes
;Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genera ''
Richtersveldtia'' and ''
Notechidnopsis''. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including ''
Lavrania'' 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'', ...
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[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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