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274.0000 Family Thymelaeaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 76 (1789), nom. cons.
49 genera, ca. 930 spp.
Species listed in database: 945; hybrids: 13
= Aquilariaceae R.Br. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 59 (1825)
= Daphnaceae Vent.; Tabl. Règn. Vég. 2: 235 (1799)
= Gnidiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin Aneb. Rostlin 1(116-120): 1, 2 (1823)
= Gonystylaceae Tiegh.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 21(2): 389, 390 (1896), nom. cons.
= Phaleriaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 323, 329, Comm. 241 (1841)
= Tepuianthaceae Maguire & Steyerm.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 32: 8 (1981)
274.4020 Genus Lachnaea L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 560 (1753)
Distribution: South Africa (almost exclusively W-Cape Prov.)
Species listed in database: 40
= Calysericos Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 573 (1856 publ. 1857)
= Cryptadenia Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 404 (1841)
= Radojitskya Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(2): 176 (1852)
= Steiroctis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 105 (1836)
species :
Lachnaea alpina Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 578 (1857)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Passerina globosa Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 2: 431 (1794)
= Passerina planifolia Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 12 (1768)
species :
Lachnaea aurea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 576 (1857)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea axillaris Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 422 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea micrantha Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(3): 451 (1897)
= Radojitskya capensis Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(2): 177 (1852)
species :
Lachnaea burchellii Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 420 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Gnidia tenuiflora Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 577, 579 (1857)
= Lachnaea burchellii var. angustifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 577 (1857)
= Lachnaea burchellii var. latifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 577 (1857)
species :
Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 129 (1766)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea capitata var. multiflora Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 414 (1841)
= Lachnaea capitata var. pauciflora Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 414 (1841)
= Lachnaea conglomerata Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 578 (1857), nom. inval.
= Passerina capitata L.; Pl. Rar. Afr. 11 (1760)
= Steiroctis capitata (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 105 (1836)
species :
Lachnaea densiflora Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 578 (1857)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea diosmoides Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 418 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea crassifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 579 (1857)
= Lachnaea diosmoides var. elatior Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 419 (1841)
= Lachnaea diosmoides var. tenella Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 419 (1841)
species :
Lachnaea elsieae Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 84 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea ericoides Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 579 (1857)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea eriocephala L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 560 (1753)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea eriocephala var. purpurea (Andrews) Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 576 (1857)
= Lachnaea purpurea Andrews; Bot. Repos. 5: t. 293 (1803)
species :
Lachnaea filamentosa (Thunb.) Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 410 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Gnidia glauca Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 697 (1841)
= Gnidia grandis Sims; Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1658 (1814)
= Lachnaea buxifolia Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 373 (1792)
= Lachnaea filamentosa var. major Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 575 (1857)
species :
Lachnaea filicaulis (Meisn.) Beyers; Bothalia 27(1): 45 (1997)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptadenia filicaulis Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 407 (1841)
= Gnidia genistifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 574 (1857)
= Gnidia genistifolia Engl. & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 267 (1894)
= Lasiosiphon genistifolius Engl. & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 268 (1894), pro syn.
species :
Lachnaea funicaulis Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 408 (1895)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea globulifera Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 412 (1840)
subspecies :
subsp. globulifera
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Passerina eriocephala Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 75 (1794)
subspecies :
subsp. incana Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 105 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea globulifera var. coerulescens Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 576 (1857)
species :
Lachnaea glomerata Fourc.; Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 101 (1932)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea gracilis Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 421 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea grandiflora (L.f.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 6: 107 (1875)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Calysericos argentea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 582 (1857)
= Calysericos canaliculata Eckl. & Zeyh.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 573 (1856 publ. 1857)
= Calysericos grandiflora (L.f.) Eckl. & Zeyh.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 573 (1856 publ. 1857)
= Calysericos parviflora Eckl. & Zeyh.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 574 (1856 publ. 1857)
= Calysericos subulata (Raf.) Eckl. & Zeyh.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 574 (1856 publ. 1857)
= Calysericos tabularis Eckl. & Zeyh.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 574 (1856 publ. 1857)
= Craspedostoma cephalotes (Licht. ex Meisn.) Domke; Biblioth. Bot. 111: 135 (1934)
= Cryptadenia breviflora Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 406 (1841)
= Cryptadenia grandiflora (L.f.) Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 405 (1841)
= Cryptadenia grandiflora var. latifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 573 (1857)
= Gnidia cephalotes Licht. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 581 (1857)
= Gnidia grandiflora (L.f.) Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Suppl. [Willdenow] 21 (1814)
= Gnidia grandiflora Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 582 (1857)
= Gnidia pachyphylla Spreng. ex Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 405 (1841)
= Passerina campanulata E.Mey. ex C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 3: 538 (1845)
= Passerina grandiflora Curtis; Bot. Mag. 9: t. 292 (1795), sensu auct.
= Passerina grandiflora L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 226 (1782)
= Passerina uniflora var. alba P.J.Bergius; Descr. Pl. Cap. 129 (1767)
= Sanamunda grandiflora (L.f.) Raf.; Autik. Bot. 146 (1840)
= Sanamunda subulata Raf.; Autik. Bot. 147 (1840)
species :
Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 89 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea laniflora (C.H.Wright) Bond; J. S. African Bot. 48(4): 527 (1982)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Passerina laniflora C.H.Wright; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 5(2): 11 (1915), anglice, et in Kew Bull. 386 (1915)
species :
Lachnaea laxa (C.H.Wright) Beyers; Bothalia 27(1): 45 (1997)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptadenia laxa C.H.Wright; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 5(2): 17 (1915), anglice, et in Kew Bull. 387 (1915)
species :
Lachnaea leipoldtii Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 53 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea macrantha Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 575 (1857)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea marlothii Schltr.; J. Bot. 34: 503 (1896)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea montana Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 107 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea naviculifolia Compton; J. Bot. 72: 21 (1934)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea nervosa (Thunb.) Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 579 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea ambigua Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 417 (1841)
= Lachnaea ambigua var. minor Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 418 (1841)
= Passerina nervosa Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 75 (1794)
species :
Lachnaea oliverorum Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 93 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea pedicellata Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 107 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea pendula Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 95 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea penicillata Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 421 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea passerinoides N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 132 (1901)
= Passerina brunioides Eckl. & Zeyh.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 563, 579 (1857)
species :
Lachnaea pomposa Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 63 (2001), nom. nov.
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Gnidia filamentosa L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 224 (1782)
= Gnidia filamentosa var. glauca (Salisb.) Wikstr.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1818: 311 (1818)
= Gnidia filamentosa var. virens (Sims) Wikstr.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1818: 311 (1818)
= Lachnaea buxifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 575 (1857)
= Lachnaea buxifolia var. glauca (Salisb.) Sims; Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1658 (1814)
= Lachnaea buxifolia var. virens Sims; Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1657 (1814)
= Lachnaea filamentosa (L.f.) Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 240 (1894), nom. illeg.
= Lachnaea glauca Salisb.; Parad. Lond. 2: t. 109 (1808)
species :
Lachnaea pudens Beyers; S. African J. Bot. 64(1): 66 (1998)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea pusilla Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 55 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea rupestris Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 101 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea ruscifolia Compton; J. S. African Bot. 19: 132 (1953)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea sociorum Beyers; Bothalia 28(1): 49 (1998)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea diosmoides var. major Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 579 (1857)
species :
Lachnaea stokoei Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 76 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Lachnaea striata (Lam.) Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 415 (1840)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Lachnaea elegans Compton; J. Bot. 72: 20 (1934)
= Passerina nervosa Wikstr.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1818: 328 (1818), nom. illeg.
= Passerina striata Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 430 (1793)
species :
Lachnaea uniflora (L.) Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 130 (1766)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Calysericos uniflora (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 573 (1857)
= Cryptadenia ciliata Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 407 (1841)
= Cryptadenia uniflora (L.) Meisn.; Linnaea 14: 406 (1841)
= Lachnaea ciliata Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 129 (1766)
= Lachnaea uniflora (L.) Beyers; Bothalia 27(1): 45 (1997), homonym, non Crantz 1766
= Passerina ciliata Thunb.; Fl. Cap. [Thunberg], ed. 2, 377 (1823), nom. illeg.
= Passerina uniflora L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 560 (1753)
= Passerina uniflora var. angustifolia Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 12 (1768)
= Passerina uniflora var. latifolia Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 12 (1768)
= Passerina uniflora var. purpurea P.J.Bergius; Descr. Pl. Cap. 128 (1767)
= Steiroctis uniflora (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 105 (1836)
species :
Lachnaea villosa Beyers; Strelitzia 11: 87 (2001)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
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Covering 359,184 accepted species,
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