''Larryleachia'' is a genus of
stapeliad 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 (), 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 the ...
.
;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
''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 plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1986. It is native to Namibia.
;Species
# '' Lavrania haagnerae'' Plowes - Namibia
;Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be mo ...
'' 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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