Ophionella
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Ophionella | |
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Ophionella arcuata flower | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: | Ophionella Bruyns |
Species: | O. arcuata
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Binomial name | |
Ophionella arcuata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br. |
Ophionella is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1981.[2][3] It contains only one accepted species, Ophionella arcuata, native to Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The International Plant Names Index, Ophionella arcuata ( N.E.Br. ) Bruyns
- ^ Bruyns, Peter Vincent. 1981. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 43(2–3): 70
- ^ Tropicos, genus Ophionella
- ^ Brown, Nicholas Edward. 1909. in Dyer, William Turner Thiselton, Flora Capensis 4(1): 870