Biology:Tavaresia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Tavaresia | |
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| Tavaresia meintjesii | |
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: | Tavaresia Welw. |
Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902.[1] It is native to southern Africa.[2][3]
- Species[4]
- Tavaresia angolensis Welw. - Angola
- Tavaresia barklyi (Dyer) N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Tavaresia grandiflora Berger - South Africa
- Tavaresia meintjesii R.A. Dyer - Limpopo
- formerly included[4]
Tavaresia thompsoniorum van Jaarsv. & R.Nagel, syn of × Staparesia thompsoniorum (van Jaarsv. & R.Nagel) G.D.Rowley
- Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be most closely related to the genus Huernia, and to a widespread branch of stapeliads comprising the genera Orbea, Piaranthus and Stapelia.[5]
References
- ↑ Dyer, William Turner Thiselton. 1902. Flora of tropical Africa 4(1): 494
- ↑ AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Plant List
- ↑ P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.
Wikidata ☰ Q6139323 entry
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