Trachyandra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Trachyandra
Species: T. acocksii – T. adamsonii – T. affinis – T. arenicola – T. aridimontana – T. arvensis – T. asperata – T. brachypoda – T. bulbinifolia – T. burkei – T. capillata – T. chlamydophylla – T. ciliata – T. dissecta – T. divaricata – T. ensifolia – T. erythrorrhiza – T. esterhuysenae – T. falcata – T. filiformis – T. flexifolia – T. gerrardii – T. giffenii – T. glandulosa – T. gracilenta – T. hirsuta – T. hirsutiflora – T. hispida – T. involucrata – T. jacquiniana – T. karrooica – T. lanata – T. laxa – T. malosana – T. mandrarensis – T. margaretae – T. montana – T. muricata – T. oligotricha – T. paniculata – T. patens – T. peculiaris – T. prolifera – T. pyrenicarpa – T. revoluta – T. sabulosa – T. saltii – T. scabra – T. smalliana – T. tabularis – T. thyrsoidea – T. tortilis – T. triquetra – T. zebrina
Name

Trachyandra Kunth, Enum. 4: 573. 17-19 Jul 1843, nom. cons.

Type species: Trachyandra hispida (L.) Kunth

Synonyms

Homotypic
Obsitila Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 27. 1837, nom. rej.

Heterotypic
Dilanthes Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 70. 1866.
Type species: Dilanthes revoluta (L.) Salisb.
Lepicaulon Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 27. 1837.
Type species: Lepicaulon squameum (L.f.) Raf.
Licinia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 57. 1837.
Type species: Licinia canaliculata (Aiton) Raf.
Liriothamnus Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 145. 1924.
Type species: Liriothamnus involucratus (Baker) Schltr.
Trachinema Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 27. 1837, nom. illeg.
Type species: non design.

References

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Dec 23 [1].

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Trachyandra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 4. Reference page.

Trachyandra is a genus of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae,[2] first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, as well as to Yemen and Madagascar. Many of the species are endemic to South Africa.[1][3][4]

Species [1]

Trachyandra acocksii Oberm. - Cape Province in South Africa
Trachyandra adamsonii (Compton) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra affinis Kunth - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
Trachyandra arenicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
Trachyandra aridimontana J.C.Manning - Cape Province
Trachyandra arvensis (Schinz) Oberm. - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
Trachyandra asperata Kunth - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
Trachyandra brachypoda (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra bulbinifolia (Dinter) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra burkei (Baker) Oberm. - Botswana, Limpopo, Free State, Cape Province
Trachyandra capillata (Poelln.) Oberm. - KwaZulu-Natal
Trachyandra chlamydophylla (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra ciliata (L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra dissecta Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra divaricata (Jacq.) Kunth - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
Trachyandra ensifolia (Sölch) Roessler - Namibia
Trachyandra erythrorrhiza (Conrath) Oberm. - Gauteng
Trachyandra esterhuysenae Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra falcata (L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra filiformis (Aiton) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra flexifolia (L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
Trachyandra gerrardii (Baker) Oberm. - Eswatini, South Africa
Trachyandra giffenii (F.M.Leight.) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra glandulosa (Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
Trachyandra gracilenta Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra hantamensis Boatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
Trachyandra hirsuta (Thunb.) Kunth - Cape Province
Trachyandra hirsutiflora (Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra hispida (L.) Kunth - Cape Province
Trachyandra involucrata (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra jacquiniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra kamiesbergensis Boatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
Trachyandra karrooica Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra lanata (Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
Trachyandra laxa (N.E.Br.) Oberm. - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana
Trachyandra malosana (Baker) Oberm. - Malawi to Zimbabwe
Trachyandra mandrarensis (H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly - Madagascar
Trachyandra margaretae Oberm. - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
Trachyandra montana J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
Trachyandra muricata (L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra oligotricha (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra paniculata Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra patens Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra peculiaris (Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
Trachyandra prolifera P.L.Perry - Cape Province
Trachyandra pyrenicarpa (Welw. ex Baker) Oberm. Huíla Province in Angola
Trachyandra revoluta (L.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
Trachyandra sabulosa (Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra saltii (Baker) Oberm. - eastern + southern Africa from Ethiopia to Cape Province; Yemen
Trachyandra sanguinorhiza Boatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
Trachyandra scabra (L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
Trachyandra smalliana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
Trachyandra tabularis (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra thyrsoidea (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra tortilis (Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
Trachyandra triquetra Thulin - Somalia
Trachyandra zebrina (Schltr. ex Poelln.) Oberm. - Cape Province

References
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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asphodeloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2016-06-10
Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Asphodeloideae
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.