Lavrania
| Lavrania | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Lavrania Plowes |
| Type species | |
| Lavrania haagnerae Plowes | |
Lavrania is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1986. It is native to southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa).[1]
- Species[2]
- Lavrania cactiformis (Hook.) Bruyns
- Lavrania haagnerae Plowes - Namibia
- Lavrania marlothii (Marloth) Bruyns - Namibia, South Africa
- Lavrania perlata (Dinter) Bruyns - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
- Lavrania picta (N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Little Namaqualand in Northern Cape Province of South Africa
- Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the Hoodia genus of stapeliads. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Larryleachia, Richtersveldia and Notechidnopsis.[3]
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ 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.