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Alluaudia dumosa

Alluaudia dumosa
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Didiereaceae (Didiere family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Madagascar
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Alluaudia dumosa, also known as dense alluaudia or Boers' umbrella, is a species of plant in the genus Alluaudia and the family Didiereaceae.

Where it grows

Alluaudia dumosa is distributed in the southeast of Madagascar, in the area between Ambovombe and Ampanihy. The species is on the IUCN Red List and is considered Least Concern.

Other Alluaudia plants

Alluaudia · Alluaudia comosa · Alluaudia humbertii · Alluaudia montagnacii · Madagascan ocotillo · Alluaudia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alluaudia dumosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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