Piaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae.
It was first described in 1810. Its name comes from Greek and is descriptive of the fleshy, succulent flowers typical of the genus ("piar-" = fat, "-anthos" = flower).[2][3][4]
^Piaranthus R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 12.
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^Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
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genus Piaranthus, and the two are often confused when not in flower. In cross-section, Duvalia stems are sometimes five or six sided (Piaranthus stems...
and to a widespread branch of stapeliads comprising the genera Orbea, Piaranthus and Stapelia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tavaresia. Dyer,...
the genera Huernia, Tavaresia and a mixed sub-branch including Orbea, Piaranthus and Stapelia. Tropicos.org, retrieved 11 March 2016 P. V. Bruyns & C....
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