Notechidnopsis is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1985.Lavranos, John Jacob & Bleck, M.B. 1985. Cactus and Succulent Journal (Los Angeles) 57(6): 256Tropicos, genus Notechidnopsis It contains only one recognized species, Notechidnopsis tessellata, native to Cape Province in South Africa.AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.
formerly includedThe Plant List, genus Notechidnopsis moved to Richtersveldia Notechidnopsis columnaris (Nel) Lavranos & Bleck synonym of Richtersveldia columnaris (Nel) Meve & Liede
Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown this genus to most closely related to the stapeliad genera Richtersveldia and Larryleachia. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Lavrania and Hoodia.P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.
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