Biology:Woodia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Woodia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Woodia
Schltr.

Woodia is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa[3]

Species[4]
  1. Woodia mucronata N.E.Br.
  2. Woodia singularis N.E. Br.
  3. Woodia verruculosa Schltr.

References

  1. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 30-31 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. Tropicos genus Woodia
  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. The Plant List, Woodia

Wikidata ☰ Q6168208 entry