Alafia (plant)

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Alafia
Alafia parciflora-1906.jpg
Alafia parciflora[2]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe:
Genus: Alafia
Thouars[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Blastrophe Didr.
  • Ectinocladus Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker
  • Holalafia Stapf
  • Vilbouchevitchia A.Chev.

Alafia is a genus of lianas or climbing shrubs found in tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4] The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 26 species:[5]

  1. Pichon
  2. Alafia barteri Oliv.
  3. (Baill.) Stapf
  4. Jum.
  5. Pichon
  6. Alafia caudata Stapf
  7. (K.Schum) Leeuwenb.
  8. Leeuwenb.
  9. Pichon
  10. Pichon
  11. Pichon
  12. Alafia landolphioides (A.DC.) K.Schum
  13. Alafia lucida Stapf
  14. K.Schum
  15. Alafia multiflora (Stapf) Stapf
  16. Pichon
  17. Alafia orientalis K.Schum ex De Wild.
  18. Stapf
  19. Radlk.
  20. Jum.
  21. Stapf
  22. Roem. & Schult.
  23. Pichon
  24. De Wild.
  25. Stapf
  26. Alafia zambesiaca

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Alafia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 11 August 2013
  2. ^ illustration by Matilda Smith (died 1926) - New York Public Library [1], from Liberia by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf
  3. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Alafia". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ Search for "Alafia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 8 July 2017


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