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Division
Magnoliophyta
Cronquist
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Caryophyllidae
Takht.
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Caryophyllanae
Takht.
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Caryophyllales
Perleb
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Didiereaceae
Drake
--------------------------Subfamily Didiereoideae Appleq. & R.S.Wallace -----------------------------Genus Alluaudia (Drake) Drake --------------------------------Species ascendens Drake aka Didierea ascendens Drake --------------------------------Species comosa Drake aka Didierea comosa Drake --------------------------------Species dumosa Drake aka Didierea dumosa Drake --------------------------------Species humbertii Choux --------------------------------Species montagnacii Rauh --------------------------------Species procera Drake Madagascar Ocotillo / Arbre Pieuvre (Fr), aka Didierea procera -----------------------------Genus Alluaudiopsis Humbert & Choux --------------------------------Species fiherenensis Humbert et Choux --------------------------------Species marnieriana Rauh -----------------------------Genus Decaryia Choux, orth. var. --------------------------------Species madagascariensis Choux Zigzag Tree -----------------------------Genus Didieria Baill. --------------------------------Species madagascariensis Baill. Octopus Tree, aka Didierea mirabilis --------------------------------Species trollii Capuron et Rauh Octopus Tree --------------------------Subfamily Calyptrothecoideae Pax & Gilg -----------------------------Genus Calyptrotheca Gilg --------------------------------Species somalensis Gilg --------------------------------Species taitense (Pax & Vatke) Brenan --------------------------Subfamily Portulacarioideae Appleq. & R.S.Wallace -----------------------------Genus Ceraria H. Pearson & Stephens --------------------------------Species fruticulosa H.Pearson & Stephens --------------------------------Species longipedunculata Merxm. & Podlech --------------------------------Species namaquensis (Sond.) H.Pearson & Stephens aka Portulacaria namaquensis (Sond.) --------------------------------Species pygmaea G.D.Rowley aka Portulacaria pygmaea Pillans -----------------------------Genus Portulacaria --------------------------------Species afra Jacq. Elephant's food / Dwarf jade --------------------------------Species armiana E.J. van Jaarsveld Namaqua porkbush, aka Ceraria namaquensis |
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Bibliography
"Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) Genera of Didiereaceae," http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?364 "Hierarchical position of the Family Didiereaceae," http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Familia/D/Didiereaceae.htm Applequist, Wendy L. and Robert S. Wallace "Expanded circumscription of Didieraceae and its division into three subfamilies," Adansonia, sér. 3, 2003, 25(1): 13-16. http://cimbad.mnhn.fr/publication/adanson/a03n1a2.pdf DiversityofLife.com, "Calyptrotheca," http://132.236.163.181/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Calyptrotheca&rank=genus, gives three species including C. somalensis Gilg, C. taitensis (Pax & Vatke) Brenan, and C. stuhlmannii Gilg, the latter's references elsewhere have not yet been located. C. taitensis was originally discovered as Code #100738 of the Plants Name Database at MyGarden.net.au in the Portulacaceae family. |