Overview
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Caralluma is a genus of plants consisting of about 120 species. Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. Most of the species occur in Africa, including several taxa valued by people for their medicinal properties. One species, Caralluma edulis is eaten as a vegetable.
Selected Species
- Caralluma burchardii
- Caralluma acutangula (Decne.) N.E.Br.
- Caralluma adscendens (Roxb.) R.Br.
- Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
- Caralluma fimbriata
- Caralluma somalica N.E.Br.
- Caralluma speciosa (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Caralluma is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 283 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Caralluma: C. aaronis · C. abayensis · C. acutangula (Caralluma) · C. acutiloba · C. adenensis (Caralluma) · C. adscendens (Caralluma) · C. adscendens var. attenuata (Caralluma) · C. adscendens var. carinata (Caralluma) · C. adscendens var. fimbriata (Caralluma) · C. adscendens var. geniculata (Caralluma) · C. adscendens var. gracilis (Caralluma) · C. affinis · C. albocastanea · C. anemoniflora · C. ango · C. aperta · C. arabica (Caralluma) · C. arachnoidea (Caralluma) · C. arachnoidea var. breviloba · C. arachnoides · C. arenicola · C. arida · C. armata · C. atrosanguinea · C. attenuata · C. aucheriana · C. aurea · C. ausana · C. australis · C. awdeliana (Caralluma) · C. baldratii · C. baradii (Caralluma) · C. bhupinderana · C. bhupinderiana (Caralluma) · C. bicolor · C. bredae · C. brownii · C. buchardii (Caralluma) · C. buchardii maura · C. bufonia · C. burchardii (Caralluma) · C. burchardii subsp. maura · C. burchardii f. grandiflora · C. burchardii f. sordida · C. burchardii maura · C. burchardii var. maura (Caralluma) · C. burchardii var. sventenii · C. campanulata · C. carnosa · C. caudata · C. caudata rhodesiaca · C. chibensis · C. chlorantha · C. chrysostephana · C. cicatricosa (Caralluma) · C. cincta · C. circes · C. codonoides · C. commuatata · C. commutata · C. compta · C. congestiflora (Caralluma) · C. corrugata · C. crassa · C. crenulata (Caralluma) · C. crenulata x hexagona · C. dalzielii · C. dalziellii · C. darfurensis · C. decaisneana · C. decaisneana hesperidum · C. decora · C. deflersiana · C. denboefii · C. dentata · C. dependens · C. dicapuae (Caralluma) · C. dicapuae seticorona · C. dicapuae turneri · C. dicapuae ukambensis · C. diffusa (Caralluma) · C. dioscoridis · C. distincta · C. dodsoniana (Caralluma) · C. dolichocarpa (Caralluma) · C. dummeri (Caralluma) · C. dummeri f. colorata · C. echinata (Caralluma) · C. edithae (Caralluma) · C. edulis (Caralluma) · C. edwardsiae (Caralluma) · C. elata · C. eremastrum · C. ericeta · C. europaea (Caralluma) · C. europaea var. affinis · C. europaea var. confusa · C. europaea var. judaica (Caralluma) · C. europaea var. maroccana · C. europea · C. faucicola · C. fimbriata · C. flava (Caralluma) · C. flavovirens (Caralluma) · C. foetida (Caralluma) · C. forskalii · C. fosteri · C. foulcheri-delboscii · C. foulcheri-delboscii var. greenbergiana · C. framesii · C. frerei (Caralluma) · C. furta (Caralluma) · C. geminata · C. gemugofana · C. geniculata · C. gerstneri · C. gerstneri elongata · C. gossweileri · C. gracilipes (Caralluma) · C. gracilipes arachnoidea · C. gracilipes edwardsii · C. gracilipes var. breviloba · C. gracilis · C. grandidens · C. grivana · C. hahnii · C. hesperidium · C. hesperidum (Caralluma) · C. hesperis · C. hexagona (Caralluma) · C. hexagona var. septentrionalis · C. hirtiflora · C. hottentorum · C. hottentotorum · C. huernioides · C. huillensis · C. incarnata · C. indica (Caralluma) · C. intermedia · C. inversa · C. joannis (Caralluma) · C. johnstonii · C. kalaharica · C. kalambacheriana · C. kalmbacheriana · C. keithii · C. knobelii · C. kochii · C. lageesii · C. lamellosa · C. langii · C. lasiantha (Caralluma) · C. lateritia · C. lavrani (Caralluma) · C. lavranii · C. leendertziae · C. linearis · C. longecornuta · C. longicuspis · C. longidens · C. longiflora (Caralluma) · C. longipes · C. longipes var. villetii · C. lugardi · C. lugardii · C. luntii (Caralluma) · C. lutea · C. lutea vaga · C. maculata · C. mammillaris (Caralluma) · C. maris-mortui · C. marlothii · C. maroccana · C. maughanii · C. meintjesiana · C. melanantha (Caralluma) · C. mireillae (Caralluma) · C. mogadoxensis · C. moniliformis (Caralluma) · C. montana · C. moorei · C. mouretii · C. multiflora · C. munbyana (Caralluma) · C. munbyana subsp. hispanica · C. munbyana hispanica · C. nebrownii · C. negevensis · C. nilagiriana · C. ortholoba · C. oxyodonta · C. parviflora · C. pauciflora (Caralluma) · C. peckii (Caralluma) · C. penicillata (Caralluma) · C. penicillata var. robusta · C. peschii (Caralluma) · C. petraea (Caralluma) · C. piaranthoides · C. pillansii · C. plicatiloba · C. praegracilis · C. priogonium (Caralluma) · C. procumbens (Caralluma) · C. pruinosa · C. pseudonebrownii · C. punctata · C. quadrangula (Caralluma) · C. ramosa · C. rangeana · C. rauhii · C. reflexa · C. retrospiciens (Caralluma) · C. retrospiciens (Ehrenb.) N.E.Br. var. retrospiciens · C. rivae · C. robusta · C. rogersii · C. rosengreenii · C. rosengrenii · C. rubiginosa · C. russeliana · C. russelliana · C. sacculata · C. sarkariae (Caralluma) · C. sarkariae var. longipedicellata · C. schweickerdtii · C. schweinfurthii · C. scutellata · C. serpentina · C. serrulata · C. shadbana var. barhana · C. shadhbana · C. shadhbana var. barhana · C. simonis · C. simulans · C. sinaica (Caralluma) · C. sinaica var. baradii · C. socotrana (Caralluma) · C. solenophora (Caralluma) · C. somalica (Caralluma) · C. speciosa (Caralluma) · C. sprengeri · C. sprengeri foetida · C. sprengeri laticorona · C. sprengeri ogadensis · C. staintonii (Caralluma) · C. stalagmifera (Caralluma) · C. stalagmifera var. intermedia · C. stalagmifera var. longipetala · C. subterranea · C. subulata (Caralluma) · C. sudanica · C. swanepoelii · C. tapscoltii · C. tessellata · C. tombuctuensis · C. tonis-maire · C. torta · C. truncato-coronata · C. tsumebensis · C. tuberculata (Caralluma) · C. tubiformis · C. tuneri ukambensis · C. turneri (Caralluma) · C. turneri ukambensis · C. ubomboensis (Caralluma) · C. umbellata (Caralluma) · C. umdausensis · C. vaduliae (Caralluma) · C. vaga · C. valida · C. vansonii · C. venenosa · C. vibratilis · C. villetii · C. virescens · C. vittata · C. wilfriedi · C. wilhelmii · C. wilsonii · C. winkleri · C. winkleriana · C. wissmannii
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