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Larryleachia

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ291799 ↗
Source-derived summary

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.

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This entry incorporates text from “Larryleachia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.