Lavrania

<i>Lavrania</i>

Lavrania

Genus of plants

Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia.[2] Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1]

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Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 1986.[2] 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.[3]

References

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  1. [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. [2]
    "Lavrania Lavrania". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  3. [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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.022.


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