What is "echidnopsis"

Echidnopsis is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1871. They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Accepted species Species formerly included

Echidnopsis quadrangula now Caralluma quadrangula

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the Rhytidocaulon genus. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising the Pseudolithos genus and the widespread Caralluma stapeliads of North Africa.