Notechidnopsis

Notechidnopsis is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1985.^[1][2] It contains only one recognized species, Notechidnopsis tessellata, native to Cape Province in South Africa.^[3]

formerly included^[4]

Notechidnopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Ceropegieae
Genus:	Notechidnopsis Lavranos & Bleck
Species:	N. tessellata
Binomial name
Notechidnopsis tessellata (Pillans ) Lavranos & Bleck

moved to Riocreuxia

• Notechidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Lavranos & Bleck synonym of Riocreuxia torulosa Decne.

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies have shown this genus to most closely related to the stapeliad genera Richtersveldia and Larryleachia. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.^[5]