Lavrania | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
Genus: |
Lavrania Plowes [2] |
Species: | L. haagnerae
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Binomial name | |
Lavrania haagnerae Plowes
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Lavrania is a monospecific genus of plants in family Apocynaceae. Its only species is Lavrania haagnerae, endemic to Namibia. [2] Its natural habitat is rocky areas. [1]
The genus and species were first described in 1986. [2] 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. [3]