Didierea madagascariensis
| Octopus tree | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Didiereaceae |
| Genus: | Didierea |
| Species: | D. madagascariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Didierea madagascariensis Baill. (1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Didierea mirabilis Baill. | |
Didierea madagascariensis, commonly known as the Octopus tree,[2] is a species of Didiereaceae endemic to the spiny thickets of southwestern Madagascar.[1] It was first described scientifically by the French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon in 1880.[3] The type species of the genus Didierea, it is a densely spiny succulent and can grow up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Couzens, Dominic (2008). Top 100 Birding Sites of the World. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-520-25932-7.
- ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest (1880). "Sur le Didierra". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris (in French): 258–259.
- ↑ Dixon, R. (1995). "The Didiereaceae of southern Madagascar". Aloe 32 (3/4): 72–73. ISSN 0002-6301.