Larryleachia perlata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Larryleachia perlata (Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae) (39490954920).jpg

| genus = Larryleachia

| species = perlata

| authority = (Dinter) Plowes

| synonyms = *Ceropegia perlata

  • Hoodia perlata
  • Lavrania perlata
  • Leachia perlata
  • Leachiella perlata
  • Trichocaulon cinereum
  • Trichocaulon kubusanum
  • Trichocaulon kubusense
  • Trichocaulon perlatum
  • Trichocaulon truncatum

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Larryleachia perlata is a species of flowering plant the family Apocynaceae. The species is a succulent plant species.{{Cite web|title=Ceropegia perlata (Dinter) Bruyns - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/52535717|access-date=2021-09-26|website=eol.org}} The species is considered an insufficiently known species.{{Cite book|last=Court|first=Doreen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W6ZfOBb-QdsC&dq=Trichocaulon+truncatum&pg=PA299|title=Succulent Flora of Southern Africa|date=2000-06-01|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-90-5809-323-3|pages=181|language=en}}

The plant can get up to 30 cm tall and the stems can be 2.5 cm to 6 cm.{{Cite book|last1=Albers|first1=Focke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dz31CAAAQBAJ&dq=Larryleachia+perlata&pg=PA317|title=Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae|last2=Meve|first2=Ulrich|date=2012-12-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-56370-6|pages=177|language=en}}

The species is native to South Africa and Namibia.{{Cite web|title=Larryleachia perlata (Dinter) Plowes {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:995324-1|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}} It occurs on both sides of the Orange river.

The species is threatened by erosion and overgrazing.{{Cite web|title=Threatened Species Programme {{!}} SANBI Red List of South African Plants|url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=5211-6|access-date=2021-09-26|website=redlist.sanbi.org}}

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