Monolluma
Sign in to saveMonolluma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1995. All the species had previously been included in the genus Caralluma, some also in Boucerosia, Cylindrilluma, Desmidorchis, Echidnopsis, Sanguilluma and Sulcolluma. Some members of the genus can be found in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in Arabia with Monolluma socotrana found on Socotra in the Indian Ocean, and in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in Africa.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Monolluma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1995. All the species had previously been included in the genus Caralluma, some also in Boucerosia, Cylindrilluma, Desmidorchis, Echidnopsis, Sanguilluma and Sulcolluma. Some members of the genus can be found in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in Arabia with Monolluma socotrana found on Socotra in the Indian Ocean, and in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in Africa.
==Species== thumb|250px|left|Monolluma socotrana, Kenya , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Monolluma cicatricosa (Deflers) Plowes Monolluma hexagona (Lavranos) Meve & Liede Monolluma quadrangula (Forssk.) Plowes Monolluma socotrana (Balf.f.) Meve & Liede Monolluma solenophora (Lavranos) Meve & Liede