Alafia (plant)
Alafia | |
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Alafia parciflora[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
Tribe: | Malouetieae |
Genus: | Alafia Thouars[2] |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Alafia is a genus of lianas or climbing shrubs found in tropical Africa and Madagascar.[2][4] As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 26 species:[5]
- Alafia alba Pichon
- Alafia barteri Oliv.
- Alafia benthamii (Baill.) Stapf
- Alafia berrieri Jum.
- Alafia calophylla Pichon
- Alafia caudata Stapf
- Alafia erythrophthalma (K.Schum) Leeuwenb.
- Alafia falcata Leeuwenb.
- Alafia fuscata Pichon
- Alafia insularis Pichon
- Alafia intermedia Pichon
- Alafia lucida Stapf
- Alafia microstylis K.Schum
- Alafia multiflora (Stapf) Stapf
- Alafia nigrescens Pichon
- Alafia orientalis K.Schum ex De Wild.
- Alafia parciflora Stapf
- Alafia pauciflora Radlk.
- Alafia perrieri Jum.
- Alafia scandens (Thonn.) De Wild.
- Alafia schumannii Stapf
- Alafia thouarsii Roem. & Schult.
- Alafia vallium Pichon
- Alafia verschuerenii De Wild.
- Alafia whytei Stapf
- Alafia zambesiaca Kupicha
References
- ↑ illustration by Matilda Smith (died 1926) - New York Public Library [1], from Liberia by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf
- 1 2 "Alafia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 11 August 2013
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Alafia". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ Search for "Alafia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 11 August 2013
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