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Alluaudia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Didiereaceae. There are six species, all endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Most occur in the southwestern subarid forest-thicket vegetation of the island.[2]

Species of Alluaudia are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[3] Spines are arranged around the leaves as a defense against herbivores. The spines are several meters above the ground, and probably evolved in response to herbivory by now-extinct lemurs, such as Hadropithecus. Several lemur species living today feed heavily on Alluaudia, such as the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) and the white-footed sportive lemur (Lepilemur leucopus).[4]

Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
Файл:Alluaudia ascendens 0zz.jpg Alluaudia ascendens (Drake) Drake 1903 Madagascar
Файл:Alluaudia comosa kz1.jpg Alluaudia comosa (Drake) Drake 1903 SW Madagascar.
Файл:Alluaudia dumosa 0zz.jpg Alluaudia dumosa (Drake) Drake 1903 southern coastal Madagascar
Файл:Alluaudia humbertii -Jardin des plantes de Nantes (6).jpg Alluaudia humbertii Choux 1934 Madagascar
Файл:01 20120515ortopallavicini-239.JPG Alluaudia montagnacii Rauh 1961 Madagascar
Файл:Allaudia procera c-2751 01.jpg Alluaudia procera (Drake) Drake 1903 Madagascar


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  1. Alluaudia. Madagascar Catalogue. eFloras.
  2. Schatz, G., et al. Modeling of endemic plant species of Madagascar under climate change. In: Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Madagascar's Livelihoods and Biodiversity. Conference. Antananarivo, Madagascar, 28 January 2008.
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  4. Crowley, B. E. and L. R. Godfrey. (2013). Why all those spines?: Anachronistic defences in the Didiereoideae against now extinct lemurs. South African Journal of Science 109(1-2), 1-7.