Lavrania
Sign in to saveLavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lavrania is referenced by 13 other articles, and connects out to Asclepiadoideae, Namibia and plant.
It is catalogued under topics including Asclepiadoideae, Flora of Namibia and IUCN Red List least concern species.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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- Parent taxon
- Stapeliinae
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- Lavrania haagnerae - Kirstenbosch NBG.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 佛指玉属
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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.
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