Lachnaea

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Lachnaea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Lachnaea
L. (1753) [1]
Species

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Synonyms [2]
  • CalysericosEckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. (1857)
  • CryptadeniaMeisn. (1840)
  • RadojitskyaTurcz. (1852)
  • SteiroctisRaf. (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]

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References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 560 (1753)
  2. 1 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.