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Larryleachia is a genus of stapeliad succulent flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Species Larryleachia cactiformis (Hooker) Plowes Larryleachia marlothii (N.E. Brown) Plowes Larryleachia perlata (Dinter) Plowes Larryleachia picta (N.E.Brown) Plowes Larryleachia tirasmontana (Plowes) Plowes Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genera Richtersveldtia and Notechidnopsis. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.

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.

Apteranthes burchardii is a fleshy and superficially cactus-like plant that belongs to the genus Apteranthes in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the family Apocynaceae. Its basionym is Caralluma burchardii. This species is native to the Canary Islands archipelago and adjacent Morocco. On the Canary Islands it is found on the islands of Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Tenerife - specifically, the Tindaya mountains, and La Oliva with more on the Los Lobos Island and on Graciosa. This stem succulent has flowers which are coloured green to yellow, densely covered with white hairs in the middle, and

Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Hoodia officinalis is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa. H. officinalis has two officially recognized subspecies, H. officinalis subsp. officinalis and subsp. delaetiana, which are identified mainly by their distribution. Subsp. delaetiana grows only in the Klinghardt Mountains and are larger than subsp. officinalis.

Hoodia alstonii is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa. H. alstonii is also known commonly as ghaap, an Afrikaans name. It tends to grow in rocky, desert areas.

Caudanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. Its native range is Niger to Israel and Northwestern India. Species: Caudanthera baradii (Lavranos & L.E.Newton) Plowes Caudanthera edulis (Edgew.) Meve & Liede Caudanthera mireillae (Lavranos) Plowes Caudanthera sinaica (Decne.) Plowes

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Hoodia flava is a succulent native to the Cape Province in South Africa and to Namibia. It has a unique pattern of distribution, growing inside bushes or on gravelly slopes and hills. It is commonly known as ghaap or yellow-flowered ghaap in the Afrikaans language.

Monolluma quadrangula is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen). It was first described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 as Stapelia quadrangula.

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Australluma is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2023: Australluma peschii (Nel) Plowes Australluma ubomboensis (I.Verd.) Bruyns

Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Larryleachia perlata is a species of flowering plant the family Apocynaceae. The species is a succulent plant species. The species is considered an insufficiently known species. The plant can get up to 30 cm tall and the stems can be 2.5 cm to 6 cm. The species is native to South Africa and Namibia. It occurs on both sides of the Orange river. The species is threatened by erosion and overgrazing.

Larryleachia marlothii is a summer-flowering succulent plant native to Namibia and southern Angola.

Larryleachia cactiformis (also known as the cactus barrel milkweed) is a stapeliad succulent, native to the Richtersveld and Namaqualand in South Africa, where it grows in rocky areas. Larryleachia cactiformis proves as difficult a member of the family Apocynaceae in cultivation as others in its genus.

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Apteranthes europaea is a succulent subshrub flowering plant that belongs to the genus Apteranthes in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the family Apocynaceae. Its basionym is Stapelia europaea. The native range of this species is Almería and Murcia in southeast Spain, the islands of Linosa and Lampedusa in the Mediterranean sea, North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and from the Sinai to west Jordan. Common names in Spain include: chumberilla, chumberillo de lobo, empeinadora, espinal, penquilla, penquilla del campo. Called dghemsi, dghibsi or Dawa Nafli (= the medicine of Nafli) in Palestine.

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Larryleachia tirasmontana is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is cold desert.

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