Monolluma

Monolluma
	A picture of a genus belongs to the subfamily of Monolluma milkweed plants (Asclepiadoideae) in the family of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Monolluma; Plowes
Binomial name
	Monolluma quadrangula; (Forssk.) Plowes
Synonyms
	Stapelia quadrangula Forssk.; Desmidorchis forskalii Decne.; Boucerosia forskalii Decne.; Boucerosia quadrangula (Forssk.) Decne.; Caralluma quadrangula (Forssk.) N.E. Br.; Caralluma quadrangula (Forssk.) R. Br. ex Di Capua; Desmidorchis quadrangula (Forssk.) Kuntze; Desmidorchis quadrangula (Forssk.) M. G. Gilbert & J. Raynal; Echidnopsis quadrangula (Forssk.) Deflers;

Monolluma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1995.^[3] It contains only one known species, Monolluma quadrangula, native to Middle East.^[1]^[2]

Monolluma cicatricosa (Deflers) Plowes, synonym of Caralluma cicatricosa (Deflers) N.E.Br..

References