Lavrania Explained

Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia.[1] Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 1986.[1] Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the stapeliad genus Hoodia. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch of related genera including Larryleachia, Richtersveldia and Notechidnopsis.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lavrania Lavrania . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023-02-14 .
  2. Bruyns . P. . Klak . C. . Hanacek . P. . 2014 . Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) – repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 77 . 1 . 251–263 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.022 . 24721383 . 2014MolPE..77..251B . amp .