Liparia (plant)

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Liparia
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Liparia splendens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Podalyrieae
Genus: Liparia
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Sections and Species

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Liparia is endemic to South Africa. [1]
  •   Range of section Decussatae.
  •   Range of section Liparia.
Synonyms [2] [1]
  • AchyroniaWendl
  • PriestleyaDC.
  • Priestleya sect. EisotheaDC.

Liparia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

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Species

Liparia comprises the following species: [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Section Decussatae

Section Liparia

Nomina dubia

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Schutte AL (1997). "Systematics of the genus Liparia (Fabaceae)". Nord J Bot . 17 (1): 11–37. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1997.tb00287.x.
  2. 1 2 Schutte AL, Van Wyk B-E (1994). "A reappraisal of the generic status of Liparia and Priestleya (Fabaceae)". Taxon . 43 (4): 573–582. doi:10.2307/1223543. JSTOR   1223543.
  3. Schutte AL (1995). "Five new species of the genus Liparia (Fabaceae) from South Africa". Nord J Bot . 15 (2): 149–156. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1995.tb00132.x.
  4. "The Plant List entry for Liparia". The Plant List . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Liparia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 27 February 2014. See also "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Priestleya (synonym of Liparia)". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Liparia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  7. Boatwright JS, Savolainen V, Van Wyk B-E, Schutte-Vlok AL, Forest F, Van der Bank M (2008). "Systematic position of the anomalous genus Cadia and the phylogeny of the tribe Podalyrieae (Fabaceae)". Syst Bot . 33 (1): 133–147. doi:10.1600/036364408783887500.