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Genus of plants

Lavrania
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Lavrania
Plowes
Species: L. haagnerae
Binomial name
Lavrania haagnerae
Plowes

Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 1986. 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, Richtersveldia and Notechidnopsis.

References

  1. ^ Craven, P. (2004). "Lavrania haagnerae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46823A11083872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46823A11083872.en. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  2. ^ "Lavrania Lavrania". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  3. Bruyns, P.; Klak, C. & Hanacek, P. (2014). "Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) – repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 77 (1): 251–263. Bibcode:2014MolPE..77..251B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.022. PMID 24721383.
Taxon identifiers
Lavrania
Lavrania haagnerae


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