Alafia_(plant)

<i>Alafia</i> (plant)

Alafia (plant)

Genus of plants

Alafia is a genus of lianas or climbing shrubs found in tropical Africa and Madagascar.[2][4] The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 26 species:[5]

  1. Alafia alba Pichon
  2. Alafia barteri Oliv.
  3. Alafia benthamii (Baill.) Stapf
  4. Alafia berrieri Jum.
  5. Alafia calophylla Pichon
  6. Alafia caudata Stapf
  7. Alafia erythrophthalma (K.Schum) Leeuwenb.
  8. Alafia falcata Leeuwenb.
  9. Alafia fuscata Pichon
  10. Alafia insularis Pichon
  11. Alafia intermedia Pichon
  12. Alafia landolphioides (A.DC.) K.Schum
  13. Alafia lucida Stapf
  14. Alafia microstylis K.Schum
  15. Alafia multiflora (Stapf) Stapf
  16. Alafia nigrescens Pichon
  17. Alafia orientalis K.Schum ex De Wild.
  18. Alafia parciflora Stapf
  19. Alafia pauciflora Radlk.
  20. Alafia perrieri Jum.
  21. Alafia schumannii Stapf
  22. Alafia thouarsii Roem. & Schult.
  23. Alafia vallium Pichon
  24. Alafia verschuerenii De Wild.
  25. Alafia whytei Stapf
  26. Alafia zambesiaca Kupicha

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  1. [1]
    illustration by Matilda Smith (died 1926) - New York Public Library [1], from Liberia by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf
  2. [2]
    "Alafia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 11 August 2013
  3. [3]
    "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Alafia". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. [5]
    Search for "Alafia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 8 July 2017


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