Farquharia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Nerieae
Subtribus: Alafiinae
Genus: Farquharia
Species: F. elliptica
Name

Farquharia Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 278 (1912)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aladenia Pichon, Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 61 (1949)

References

Stapf, O. 1912. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1912: 278.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Farquharia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Farquharia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 19 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Farquharia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug. 2017.

Farquharia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1912. It contains only one recognized species, Farquharia elliptica, native to tropical western and central Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1][2][3][4]

Formerly included

Farquharia excelsa (Bojer) Hils. & Bojer. = Crateva excelsa Bojer[5]

References

"Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Wieringa, J.J. (2011). Novitates Gabonenses 70. The advantages of a specimen database: Alafia velutina is a synonym of Farquharia elliptica (Apocynaceae). Blumea 56: 240.
"The Plant List, Crateva excelsa Bojer". Retrieved 14 September 2014.