Echidnopsis
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Read about Echidnopsis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Echidnopsis (viper-like, alluding to the serpent- like sts.). Asclepiadaceae. A few species of leafless succulents of Trop. Afr. and Arabia, not sufficiently distinguished from Caralluma; allied to Stapelia, which see for cult. None of the species seems to be in the trade. The sts. are many-angled and tessellate, bearing small mostly fascicled fls. in the grooves: corolla rotate or approaching campanulate, 5-lobed, fleshy, yellow or purple-brown; stamina! column very short and arising from the base of the corolla, and bearing the corona. The following species have recently been mentioned in garden literature: E. cereiformis, Hook. f. is 6 in. high, with elongated cylindrical serpentine or pendulous sts. and bright yellow fls. in fascicles. B.M. 5930. E. Dammanniana, Spreng. not Schweinf., is similar but has dork brown-purple fls. Nile Land. E. Bentii, N. E. Br., has 7-8-ribbed sts. ¾ in. or less diam. and vinous-purple fls. in pairs toward the tips of the branches. S. Arabia. B.M. 7760. E. somalensis, N. E. Br., has columnar cereus-like shrubby cylindrical 6-8-furrowed branches, and nearly sessile dark purple yellow-spotted fls. solitary or in 2's or 3's. Somaliland. B.M. 7929. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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