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Lachnaea

Lachnaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs.

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Lachnaea
Lachnaea pomposa botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Lachnaea
L. (1753)1
Species

See text

Synonyms2
  • Calysericos Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. (1857)
  • Cryptadenia Meisn. (1840)
  • Radojitskya Turcz. (1852)
  • Steiroctis Raf. (1838)

Lachnaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs.3

Species

Currently accepted species include:2

  • Lachnaea alpina Meisn.
  • Lachnaea aurea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.
  • Lachnaea axillaris Meisn.
  • Lachnaea burchellii Meisn.
  • Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz
  • Lachnaea densiflora Meisn.
  • Lachnaea diosmoides Meisn.
  • Lachnaea elsieae Beyers
  • Lachnaea ericoides Meisn.
  • Lachnaea eriocephala L.
  • Lachnaea filamentosa Meisn.
  • Lachnaea filicaulis (Meisn.) Beyers
  • Lachnaea funicaulis Schinz
  • Lachnaea globulifera Meisn.
  • Lachnaea glomerata Fourc.
  • Lachnaea gracilis Meisn.
  • Lachnaea grandiflora (L.f.) Baill.
  • Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers
  • Lachnaea laniflora (C.H.Wright) Bond
  • Lachnaea laxa (C.H.Wright) Beyers
  • Lachnaea leipoldtii Beyers
  • Lachnaea macrantha Meisn.
  • Lachnaea marlothii Schltr.
  • Lachnaea montana Beyers
  • Lachnaea naviculifolia Compton
  • Lachnaea nervosa (Thunb.) Meisn.
  • Lachnaea oliverorum Beyers
  • Lachnaea pedicellata Beyers
  • Lachnaea pendula Beyers
  • Lachnaea penicillata Meisn.
  • Lachnaea pomposa Beyers
  • Lachnaea pudens Beyers
  • Lachnaea pusilla Beyers
  • Lachnaea rupestris Beyers
  • Lachnaea ruscifolia Compton
  • Lachnaea sociorum Beyers
  • Lachnaea stokoei Beyers
  • Lachnaea striata (Lam.) Meisn.
  • Lachnaea uniflora (L.) Crantz
  • Lachnaea villosa Beyers
References

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 560 (1753)
  2. "Lachnaea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. Heads, MJ (1990). "A revision of the genera Kelleria and Drapetes (Thymelaeaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 3 (4): 595. doi:10.1071/SB9900595.