Genus Desmidorchis Ehrenb.


Summary
Genus number:
14260
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Stapeliinae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9)


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References:
  1. Bruyns, P. V. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of Caralluma R. Br. (Apocynaceae). Taxon 59:1031-1043. Note: further study of Caralluma sensu lato is required before names are changed
  2. Endress, M. E. & P. V. Bruyns. 2000. A revised classification of the Apocynaceae s.l. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 66:47. Note: accepts
  3. Gilbert, M. G. & J. Raynal. 1980. The status and typification of Desmidorchis Ehrenb. and D. retrospiciens (Asclepiadaceae). Adansonia 19:319-323.
  4. Gilbert, M. G. 1990. A review of Caralluma R. Br. and its segregates. Bradleya 8:19. Note: = Caralluma R. Br.
  5. Liede, S. & F. Albers. 1994. Tribal disposition of genera in the Asclepiadaceae. Taxon 43:226. Note: accepts
  6. Meve, U. & S. Liede. 2002. A molecular phylogeny and generic rearrangement of the stapelioid Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 234:171-209. Note: accepts
  7. Mottram, R. 2009. (1889) Proposal to conserve the name Desmidorchis (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 58:648-649.
  8. Plowes, D. C. H. 1996. The nomenclatural status and typification of Desmidorchis Ehrenberg (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae). Excelsa 17:68-78.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=14260. Accessed 17 April 2026.