Lachnaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Lachnaea
Species: L. alpina – L. aurea – L. axillaris – L. burchellii – L. capitata – L. densiflora – L. diosmoides – L. elsieae – L. ericoides – L. eriocephala – L. filamentosa – L. filicaulis – L. funicaulis – L. globulifera – L. glomerata – L. gracilis – L. grandiflora – L. greytonensis – L. laniflora – L. laxa – L. leipoldtii – L. macrantha – L. marlothii – L. montana – L. naviculifolia – L. nervosa – L. oliverorum – L. pedicellata – L. pendula – L. penicillata – L. pomposa – L. pudens – L. pusilla – L. rupestris – L. ruscifolia – L. sociorum – L. stokoei – L. striata – L. uniflora – L. villosa

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lachnaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 3. Reference page.

Name

Lachnaea L. Sp. Pl.: 560 (1753)
Synonymy

Steiroctis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 105 (1838)
Cryptadenia Meisn. Linnaea 14: 404 (1840)
Radojitskya Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(II): 176 (1852)
Calysericos Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 573 (1857)

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Lachnaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lachnaea. Published online. Accessed: December 3 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lachnaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 December 3. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lachnaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 December 3.

Lachnaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Lachnaea alpina Meisn.
Lachnaea aurea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.
Lachnaea axillaris Meisn.
Lachnaea burchellii Meisn.
Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz
Lachnaea densiflora Meisn.
Lachnaea diosmoides Meisn.
Lachnaea elsieae Beyers
Lachnaea ericoides Meisn.
Lachnaea eriocephala L.
Lachnaea filamentosa Meisn.
Lachnaea filicaulis (Meisn.) Beyers
Lachnaea funicaulis Schinz
Lachnaea globulifera Meisn.
Lachnaea glomerata Fourc.
Lachnaea gracilis Meisn.
Lachnaea grandiflora (L.f.) Baill.
Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers
Lachnaea laniflora (C.H.Wright) Bond
Lachnaea laxa (C.H.Wright) Beyers
Lachnaea leipoldtii Beyers
Lachnaea macrantha Meisn.
Lachnaea marlothii Schltr.
Lachnaea montana Beyers
Lachnaea naviculifolia Compton
Lachnaea nervosa (Thunb.) Meisn.
Lachnaea oliverorum Beyers
Lachnaea pedicellata Beyers
Lachnaea pendula Beyers
Lachnaea penicillata Meisn.
Lachnaea pomposa Beyers
Lachnaea pudens Beyers
Lachnaea pusilla Beyers
Lachnaea rupestris Beyers
Lachnaea ruscifolia Compton
Lachnaea sociorum Beyers
Lachnaea stokoei Beyers
Lachnaea striata (Lam.) Meisn.
Lachnaea uniflora (L.) Crantz
Lachnaea villosa Beyers

References

Sp. Pl.: 560 (1753)
"Lachnaea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
Heads, MJ (1990). "A revision of the genera Kelleria and Drapetes (Thymelaeaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 3 (4): 595. doi:10.1071/SB9900595.