Didierea madagascariensis

Didierea madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Didiereaceae
Genus:	Didierea
Species:	D. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Didierea madagascariensis Baill. (1880)
Synonyms
Alluaudiopsis marnieriana Didierea mirabilis

Didierea madagascariensis, commonly known as the Octopus tree,^[1] is a species of Didiereaceae endemic to the spiny thickets of Madagascar. It was first described scientifically by the French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon in 1880.^[2] The type species of the genus Didierea, it is a densely spiny succulent and can grow up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall.^[3]

References

1. ^ Couzens, Dominic (2008). Top 100 Birding Sites of the World. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-520-25932-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=gJVLXG-LOcMC&lpg=PA166. 
2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest (1880). "Sur le Didierra" (in French). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris: 258–259. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11016823. 
3. ^ Dixon, R. (1995). "The Didiereaceae of southern Madagascar". Aloe 32 (3/4): 72–73. ISSN 0002-6301.