Fanninia

Fanninia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Fanninia Harv.
Species:	F. caloglossa
Binomial name
Fanninia caloglossa Harv.

Fanninia is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1868. ^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Fanninia caloglossa, a tuberous geophyte native to the Eastern Cape, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Harvey, William Henry. 1868. Genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural system ed. 2, 235
2. Tropicos
3. "Fanninia caloglossa Harv". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
4. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).