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Secamonopsis microphylla (Secamonopsis microphylla)

Description

Secamonopsis microphylla is a plant species endemic to southern Madagascar. It is a trailing or erect herb up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves are narrowly oblong, up to 10 mm long. Flowers in groups of 1-3, yellow, tubular, up to 1.2 mm long. The only other species in the genus is S. madagascarensis, also indigenous to Madagascar. It is taller, often twining, with larger leaves than S. microphylla.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Apocynaceae

              • Genus: Secamonopsis