Afrocayratia Explained

Afrocayratia is a genus of flowering plants in the grapevine family Vitaceae. Its species are found in tropical and southern Africa, Yemen, Mayotte, and Madagascar.^[1] It was split off from the non-monophyletic genus Cayratia in 2020.^[2]

Species

The following species are accepted:^[1]

• Afrocayratia debilis
• Afrocayratia delicatula
• Afrocayratia gracilis
• Afrocayratia ibuensis
• Afrocayratia imerinensis
• Afrocayratia longiflora
• Afrocayratia triternata

Notes and References

1. 77222499-1 . Afrocayratia J.Wen, L.M.Lu, Rabarij. & Z.D.Chen . 19 December 2023 .
2. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Afrocayratia, a new genus of Vitaceae from continental Africa and Madagascar . 2020 . Rabarijaona . Romer Narindra . Dang . Viet-Cuong . Parmar . Gaurav . Liu . Bing . Wen . Jun . Chen . Zhi-Duan . Lu . Li-Min . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . 58 . 6 . 1090–1107 . 10.1111/jse.12697 . ...and provide a key to species" . free .