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Ophionella

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Ophionella
Ophionella arcuata flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Ophionella
Bruyns
Species:
O. arcuata
Binomial name
Ophionella arcuata
(N.E.Br.) Bruyns
Synonyms[1]

Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br.

Ophionella is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1981.[2][3] It contains only one accepted species, Ophionella arcuata, native to Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.[4]

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