Blyttia (plant)

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Blyttia
Blyttia spiralis id WAG.1664787 0211793396.jpg

(WAG.1664787 0211793396 collected in Senegal 1984)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Blyttia
Arn. 1838, not Fr. 1839 (Poaceae) nor Endl. 1840 (liverwort)

Blyttia is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1838. It is found in the Arabian Peninsula,[1] Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Djibouti, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Israel, Tanzania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Mali, and Chad.[2]

The genus was first described by George Arnott Walker-Arnott in 1838, and the type species is .[3]

Species
  1. (Decne.) D.V.Field - Saudi Arabia[4]
  2. (Hook.) Endl. ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees - Arabian Peninsula[4]
  3. (Forssk.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood - Yemen[4]
  4. Arn.[2]
species formerly included in homonym genera[4]
  1. Blyttia byssophora, syn of (liverwort)
  2. Blyttia radiculosa, syn of (liverwort)
  3. Blyttia spinosa, syn of Pallavicinia spinosa(liverwort)
  4. Blyttia suaveolens, syn of Cinna latifolia (Poaceae)
  5. Blyttia tenuinervis, syn of (liverwort)

References[]

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ a b "Blyttia Arn". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. ^ Walker-Arnott, G.A. (1838). "Blyttia Arn". Magazine of Zoology and Botany. 2: 420 – via BHL.
  4. ^ a b c d The Plant List

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