Caralluma
Caralluma | |
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Caralluma acutangula inflorescence | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae
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Genus: | Caralluma R.Br. |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Caralluma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species.
In 1795 William Roxburgh published the name Stapelia adscendens for a plant found in India. He commented that the name for the plant in the Telugu language was Car-allum and that the succulent branches are edible raw, though bitter and salty.[2] The name Caralluma was coined by Robert Brown for a new genus in an article published in 1811. At the time he only described one species in the genus, the plant that he renamed Caralluma adscendens.[3]
In 1996 Helmut Genaust published the suggestion that it was sensible to conclude that the generic name is derived from the
Most of the species occur in Africa, including several taxa valued by people for their medicinal properties.
Selected species
- Caralluma adscendens (also called Caralluma fimbriata) (Roxb.) R.Br.
- Caralluma burchardiiN.E.Br.
- Caralluma crenulata Wall.
- Caralluma dummeri
- Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
- Caralluma europaea (Guss.)
- Maire
- Caralluma russeliana (Courbai ex Brongn.) Cufod.
- Caralluma socotrana
- Caralluma somalica N.E.Br.
- Caralluma speciosa (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
Formerly placed here
- G.D.Rowley)
References
- ^ "Genus: Caralluma R. Br". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-04-15. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ Roxburgh, William (1795). Plants of the Coast of Coromandel Volume I. Vol. v.1. George Nicol, Pall-Mall, London. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1811). "On the Asclepiadeæ". Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. I: 12–78. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ISBN 3764323906.
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