Woodia

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: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Woodia
Species: W. mucronata – W. singularis – W. verruculosa
Name

Woodia Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18 (Beibl. 45): 30. (1894)

Type species: Woodia verruculosa Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 31 (1894)

References

Schlechter, F.R.R. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Woodia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Woodia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 2 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Woodia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2.

Woodia is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa[3]

Species[4]

Woodia mucronata N.E.Br.
Woodia singularis N.E. Br.
Woodia verruculosa Schltr.

References

Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 30-31 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Tropicos genus Woodia
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
The Plant List, Woodia