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475.0000 Family Vahliaceae Dandy; Fam. Fl. Pl., Dicot., ed. 2: 461 (1959)
1 genus, 5 spp.
Species listed in database: 5
= Vahlianae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xlviii (2001)
= Vahliinae Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 2a: 46 (1890)
475.0001 Genus Vahlia Thunb.; Nov. Gen. Pl. [Thunberg] 2: 36 (1782)
Distribution: Tropical Northeast and South Africa, Madagascar, SW-Asia to NW-India
Species listed in database: 5
= Bistella Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 226 (1763)
= Russelia L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 24 (1782), nom. illeg.
species :
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb.; Nov. Gen. Pl. [Thunberg] 2: 36 (1782)
subspecies :
subsp. capensis
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistella capensis (L.f.) Bullock; Acta Bot. Neerl. 15: 85 (1966)
= Russelia capensis L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 175 (1782)
= Vahlia glandulosa Schltr. ex Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 18a: 166 (1930)
= Vahlia verbasciflora Welw. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 384 (1871)
subspecies :
subsp. ellipticifolia Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(1): 171 (1975)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
subspecies :
subsp. macrantha (Klotzsch) Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(1): 171 (1975)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Vahlia macrantha Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 175 (1861)
subspecies :
subsp. vulgaris Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(1): 173 (1975)
Distribution: Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
variant :
var. latifolia Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 51 (1921)
Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Gauteng)
27 BOT NAM SAF
variant :
var. linearis E.Mey. ex Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(1): 175 (1975)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
26 ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Vahlia cynodonteti Dinter; Deut. Südw. Afrik. 71 (1909)
variant :
var. longifolia (Gand.) Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(1): 176 (1975)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Vahlia longifolia Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 29 (1918)
variant :
var. verbasciflora Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 384 (1871)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Vahlia verbasciflora (Oliv.) Mendes; Mem. Junta Invest. Ultramar, 2 Ser. 19: 12 (1960)
species :
Vahlia dichotoma (Murray) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2(1): 227 (1891)
Distribution: Western Sahara; Algeria; Libya; Egypt; Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
20 ALG EGY LBY WSA 22 BKN GAM GHA MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF 24 CHA SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MDG 40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistella dichotoma (Murray) Bullock; Acta Bot. Neerl. 15: 85 (1966)
= Cyrilla indica J.Koenig ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 364 (1834)
= Cyrilla oldenlandoides J.Koenig ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 354 (1834)
= Heuchera dichotoma Murray; Novi Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 2: 64, t. 1 (1772)
= Oldenlandia biflora Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 97 (1821)
= Oldenlandia dichotoma (Murray) Spreng.; Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 36 (1815)
= Oldenlandia pentandra Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 22 (1786)
= Russelia oldenlandioides (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 449 (1834)
= Vahlia cordofana Hochst.; Flora 24(1. Intell.): 43 (1841)
= Vahlia oldenlandiae DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 54 (1830), nom. superfl.
= Vahlia oldenlandioides Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 86 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 89 (1832)
= Vahlia pentandra (Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 56 (1932)
= Vahlia silenoides A.DC. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 54 (1830)
= Vahlia tomentosa A.DC. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 54 (1830)
species :
Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 227 (1891)
Distribution: Egypt (Nile Valley); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; ?N-Burkina Faso; NE-Nigeria; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana; Madagascar; Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind, Pakistani Punjab); India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal)
20 EGY 22 GNB MLI MTN NGA SEN 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT 29 MDG 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistella digyna (Retz.) Bullock; Acta Bot. Neerl. 15: 81, 85 (1966)
= Cervicina tomentosa Perr. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 337 2: 740 (1841)
= Haloragis jerosioides Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 305 (1966)
= Oldenlandia decumbens Spreng.; Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 36 (1815) nom. superfl.
= Oldenlandia digyna Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 23 (1786-87)
= Oldenlandia sessiliflora Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 25: no. 2
= Russelia viscosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 449 (1834)
= Vahlia menyharthii Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 2: 944 (1902)
= Vahlia ramosissima A.DC. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 54 (1830)
= Vahlia sessiliflora DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 54 (nom. superfl.) (1830)
= Vahlia viscosa Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 86 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 89 (1832) (nom. superfl.)
species :
Vahlia geminiflora (Delile) Bridson; Kew Bull. 30: 179 (1975)
Distribution: Egypt (Nile Valley); Mauritania; N-Mali; NE-Burkina Faso; Niger; N-Nigeria; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (S-Iran)
20 EGY 22 MLI MTN NGA NGR 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 34 IRN IRQ
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistella geminiflora Cailliau & Delile; Voy. Méroé, 97, t. 2, f. 2 (Cent. Pl. Afr.) (1826)
= Vahlia viscosa var. weddenii (Rchb.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 399 (1878)
= Vahlia weddenii Rchb.; Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 1: 62 (1827)
species :
Vahlia somalensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala 170 (1929)
subspecies :
subsp. somalensis
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
subspecies :
subsp. goddingii (Bruce) Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(1): 181 (1975)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Vahlia goddingii E.A.Bruce; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 49 (1940)
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