Pectinaria (plant)

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Pectinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus:Pectinaria
Haw. 1819

Pectinaria is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. [1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to South Africa. [3]

Apocynaceae family of plants

Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family,. Members of the family are native to the European, Asian, African, Australian, and American tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. The former family Asclepiadaceae is considered a subfamily of Apocynaceae and contains 348 genera. A list of Apocynaceae genera may be found here.

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.

Species [4]
  1. Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br. - South Africa
  2. Pectinaria articulata (Aiton) Haw. - South Africa
  3. Pectinaria asperiflora N.E.Br. - South Africa
  4. Pectinaria breviloba R.A.Dyer - Cape Province
  5. Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
  6. Pectinaria maughanii (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns - Cape Province
  7. Pectinaria pillansii N.E.Br. - Cape Province
  8. Pectinaria saxatilis N.E.Br. - South Africa
  9. Pectinaria stayneri M.Bayer - Cape Province
  10. Pectinaria tulipiflora C.A.Lückh. - Cape Province
formerly included [4]
  1. Pectinaria exasperata now Stapeliopsis exasperata

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<i>Brachystelma</i> genus of plants

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<i>Lavrania</i> genus of plants

Lavrania is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1986. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Lavrania cactiformis(Hook.) Bruyns
  2. Lavrania haagneraePlowes - Namibia
  3. Lavrania marlothii(Marloth) Bruyns - Namibia, South Africa
  4. Lavrania perlata(Dinter) Bruyns - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  5. Lavrania picta(N.E. Br.) Bruyns - Little Namaqualand in Northern Cape Province of South Africa
<i>Quaqua</i> genus of plants

The genus Quaqua falls within the tribe of plants known collectively as stapeliads. All stapeliads, including Quaqua, are Old World stem succulents. Species of the genus Quaqua are exceptionally varied and endemic to southwestern Africa, and locally very common in Namaqualand.

Lachnospermum, common name Rooiblombos, is a genus of South African flowering plants in the sunflower family.

  1. Lachnospermum fasciculatum(Thunb.) Baill. - Cape Province of South Africa
  2. Lachnospermum imbricatum(P.J.Bergius) Hilliard - South Africa
  3. Lachnospermum umbellatum(D.Don) Pillans - Cape Province of South Africa
<i>Tromotriche</i> genus of plants

Tromotriche is a genus of plant in family Asclepiadaceae. It is native to southern Africa.

<i>Tavaresia</i> genus of plants

Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Tavaresia angolensisWelw. - Angola
  2. Tavaresia barklyi(Dyer) N.E.Br. - South Africa
  3. Tavaresia grandifloraBerger - South Africa
  4. Tavaresia meintjesiiR.A. Dyer - Limpopo
<i>Stapeliopsis</i> genus of plants

Stapeliopsis is a genus of succulent plants in the Apocynaceae, native to southern Africa.

Gonostemon is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.

<i>Echidnopsis</i> genus of plants

Echidnopsis is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1871. They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Orbeopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1978. They are native to southern Africa.

  1. Orbeopsis albocastanea(Marloth) L.C. Leach - Great Namaqualand in Namibia
  2. Orbeopsis gerstneri(Letty) L.C. Leach - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Orbeopsis knobelii(Phillips) L.C. Leach - Botswana
  4. Orbeopsis melanantha(Schltr.) L.C. Leach - South Africa
  5. Orbeopsis valida(N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach - Zimbabwe

Aspidoglossum is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Africa.

<i>Piaranthus</i> genus of plants

Piaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the tribe Stapeliae, milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae (dogbane).

Huerniopsis is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1878. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Huerniopsis atrosanguinea(N.E. Br.) A.C. White & B. Sloane - N Botswana
  2. Huerniopsis decipiensN.E.Br. - Western Cape Province
  3. Huerniopsis gibbosaNel - Lobatsi in Botswana
  4. Huerniopsis papillataNel - Debeeti in Botswana
<i>Orbea</i> (plant) genus of plants

Orbea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to Africa.

Eustegia is a genus of vines in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 180. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Eustegia filiformis(L.f.) Schult.
  2. Eustegia fraternaN.E.Br.
  3. Eustegia hastata(Thunb.) R. Br. ex Schult.
  4. Eustegia macropetalaSchltr.
  5. Eustegia minuta(L.f.) N.E.Br.
  6. Eustegia plicataSchinz

Riocreuxia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, and named in honour of the botanical illustrator Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912). It was first described as a genus in 1844 and is native to Africa.

Ophionella is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1981. It contains only one accepted species, Ophionella arcuata, native to Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Sisyranthus is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to southern Africa.

Sphaerocodon is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Sphaerocodon acutifoliumK.Schum. - Namibia
  2. Sphaerocodon angolensisS.Moore - Angola
  3. Sphaerocodon caffrum(Meisn.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Sphaerocodon melananthum(K.Schum.) N.E.Br. - Zimbabwe
  5. Sphaerocodon natalenseBenth. - KwaZulu-Natal
  6. Sphaerocodon obtusifoliumBenth. - South Africa
  7. Sphaerocodon platypodumK.Schum. - Katanga in southern Zaire

References

  1. ↑ Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1819. Supplementum plantarum succulentarum :sistens plantas novas vel nuper introductas, sive omissas, in Synopse plantarum succulentarum : cum observationibus variis anglicanis 14 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos genus Pectinaria
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Pectinaria


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