Vahlia

Vahlia capensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vahliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Vahliales

Familia: Vahliaceae
Genus: Vahlia
Species: V. capensis – V. dichotoma – V. digyna – V. geminiflora – V. somalensis

Name

Vahlia Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. [Thunberg] 2: 36 (1782) nom. cons.

• Type species: Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. (1782)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Russelia L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 24 (1782), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Bistella Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 226 (1763)

References

Primary references

• Thunberg, C.P. 1782. Nova genera plantarum, quorum partem primam 2: 36

Additional references

• Weigend, M., Luebert, F., Gottschling, M., Couvreur, T.L.P., Hilger, H.H. & Miller, J.S. 2014. From capsules to nutlets - phylogenetic relationships in the Boraginales. Cladistics 30(5): 508–518. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12061 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vahlia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Vahlia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 5 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vahlia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 02-Feb-2010.
• Vahlia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

• 中文: 黄漆姑属

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