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Monolluma
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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Monolluma socotrana
speciesMonolluma socotrana
Monolluma quadrangula
speciesMonolluma quadrangula
Monolluma hexagona
speciesMonolluma hexagona
Monolluma cicatricosa
speciesMonolluma cicatricosa
Monolluma solenophora
speciesMonolluma solenophora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 632328.