Duvaliandra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Duvaliandra
Species: D. dioscoridis
Name

Duvaliandra M.G.Gilbert, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 42: 101. (1980)

Type species: Duvaliandra dioscoridis (Lavranos) M.G.Gilbert, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 52: 101. (1980)
monotypic taxon

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2022 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2022).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia.Temperate
Regional: Peninsular Arabia
Socotra

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Gilbert, M.G. 1980. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 42: 101.

Additional references

Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Duvaliandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Duvaliandra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Duvaliandra. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Duvaliandra is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1980.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Duvaliandra dioscoridis, native to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean.[3]
References

Tropicos, Duvaliandra
Gilbert, Michael George. 1980. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 42(4): 101
Lavranos, John Jacob. 1972. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37: t. 3687, p. 1.