Kanahia laniflora

Kanahia laniflora

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
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: Kanahia laniflora

Name edit

Kanahia laniflora R.Br. in Salt, 1814

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Asclepias laniflora Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 51 (1775).
  • Homotypic
    • Kanahia kannah Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 94 (1820), nom. superfl.
    • Kanahia forskalii Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 537 (1844), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Kanahia delilei Kotschy ex Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 9: 330 (1838).
    • Gomphocarpus glaberrimus Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 110 (1875).
    • Asclepias glaberrima (Oliv.) Schltr., J. Bot. 33: 335 (1895), nom. illeg.
    • Kanahia consimilis N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 298 (1902).
    • Kanahia glaberrima (Oliv.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 297 (1902).
    • Asclepias coarctata S.Moore, J. Bot. 46: 297 (1908).
    • Kanahia monroi S.Moore, J. Bot. 49: 156 (1911).
    • Asclepias rivalis S.Moore, J. Bot. 52: 337 (1914).
    • Asclepias fluviatilis A.Chev., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 271 (1917).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga), Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cameroon, Mozambique, Zambia, Togo, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Benin, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
      • Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir), Oman (Dhofar), Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Links edit

  For more multimedia, look at Kanahia laniflora on Wikimedia Commons.