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Apteranthes burchardii

Apteranthes burchardii
Photo: Juanillo1976, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
E. Canary Is., Morocco
Climate
subtropical

About

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.

Other Ceropegia plants

Apteranthes europaea · Apteranthes tuberculata · Australluma peschii · Boucerosia frerei · Ceropegia schinziata · Brachystelma tumakurense · Caralluma adscendens · Caralluma crenulata · Apteranthes munbyana · Caudanthera edulis · Ceropegia ampliata · Ceropegia anjanerica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Apteranthes burchardii 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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