Lavrania
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Lavrania haagnerae | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Genus: | Lavrania Plowes
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Type species | |
Lavrania haagnerae Plowes
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Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1986. It is native to Namibia.[1]
- Species
- Lavrania haagnerae Plowes - Namibia
- Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genus Hoodia. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Larryleachia, and Notechidnopsis.[2]
References[]
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- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- ^ P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.
Categories:
- Lavrania
- Apocynaceae genera
- Flora of Southern Africa
- Namaqualand
- Apocynaceae stubs