Kanahia

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Kanahia
Species: K. carlsbergiana – K. laniflora
Name

Kanahia R.Br., Asclepiadeae: 28 (1810)

Type species: Kanahia laniflora (Forssk.) R.Br., Voy. Abyss., App.: Ixiv (1814)

References

Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 28.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Kanahia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Kanahia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 2 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Kanahia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Sept. 2017.

Kanahia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1] It is native to Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.[2]

Species[3]

Kanahia carlsbergiana D.V.Field, Friis & M.G.Gilbert - Bale Region of Ethiopia
Kanahia delilii Kotschy ex Decne. - Mount Aquaro in Ethiopia
Kanahia forskalii Decne. - Yemen
Kanahia laniflora (Forssk.) R.Br. 1810 not G.Don 1837 nor K.Schum. 1895 - Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia
Kanahia monroi S.Moore - Zimbabwe

References

Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 28.
Tropicos
The Plant List, genus Kanahia