Echidnopsis

Echidnopsis is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1871.[1] They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[2][3]

Accepted species[4]
  1. Echidnopsis angustiloba E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally - Kenya
  2. Echidnopsis archeri P.R.O.Bally - Kenya
  3. Echidnopsis ballyi (Marn.-Lap.) P.R.O.Bally - N Somalia
  4. Echidnopsis bentii N.E.Br. ex Hook.f. - Arabia
  5. Echidnopsis bihenduhensis P.R.O.Bally - N Somalia
  6. Echidnopsis cereiformis Hook.f. - South Africa
  7. Echidnopsis chrysantha Lavranos - Somalia
  8. Echidnopsis ciliata P.R.O.Bally - N Somalia
  9. Echidnopsis dammaniana Sprenger - Eritrea
  10. Echidnopsis ericiflora Lavranos - Kenya
  11. Echidnopsis globosa Thulin & Hjertson - Yemen
  12. Echidnopsis inconspicua Bruyns
  13. Echidnopsis insularis Lavranos - Socotra
  14. Echidnopsis leachii Lavranos
  15. Echidnopsis malum (Lavranos) Bruyns - Somalia
  16. Echidnopsis mijerteina Lavranos - Somalia
  17. Echidnopsis milleri Lavranos - Socotra
  18. Echidnopsis montana (R.A.Dyer & E.A.Bruce) P.R.O.Bally - Ethiopia
  19. Echidnopsis multangula (Forssk.) Chiov. - Arabia
  20. Echidnopsis planiflora P.R.O.Bally - Somalia, Ethiopia
  21. Echidnopsis radians Bellerue-Bleck - Kenya
  22. Echidnopsis repens R.A.Dyer & Verdoorn - Tanzania
  23. Echidnopsis rubrolutea Plowes - Somalia
  24. Echidnopsis scutellata (Deflers) A.Berger - Arabia, Kenya
  25. Echidnopsis seibanica Lavranos - Arabia
  26. Echidnopsis sharpei A.C.White & B.Sloane - Kenya, Somalia
  27. Echidnopsis similis Plowes - Somalia
  28. Echidnopsis socotrana Lavranos - Socotra
  29. Echidnopsis squamulata (Decne.) P.R.O.Bally - Arabia
  30. Echidnopsis uraiqatiana Dioli - Eritrea
  31. Echidnopsis urceolata P.R.O.Bally - Kenya
  32. Echidnopsis virchowii K.Schum. - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
  33. Echidnopsis watsonii P.R.O.Bally - Somalia
  34. Echidnopsis yemenensis Plowes - Yemen
Species formerly included[4]
Not to be confused with Echinopsis.

Echidnopsis
Echidnopsis dammaniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Echidnopsis
Hook.f.
Type species
Echidnopsis cereiformis

Echidnopsis quadrangula now Caralluma quadrangula

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the genus Rhytidocaulon. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising the genus Pseudolithos and the widespread Caralluma stapeliads of North Africa.[5]

References
  1. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1871. Botanical Magazine v 97, plate 5930. includes color illustration of E. cereiformis
  2. Asclepiad Exhibition, Echidnopsis Fockea
  3. "Wildscreen Arkive". Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  4. The Plant List, genus Echidnopsis
  5. 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.
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