Secamonopsis microphylla

Secamonopsis microphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Secamonopsis
Species: S. microphylla
Binomial name
Secamonopsis microphylla
Civeyrel & Klack.

Secamonopsis microphylla is a plant species endemic to southern Madagascar.[1] 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.[1][2][3][4]

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