Kanahia

Kanahia
Kanahia consimilis N.E.Br. (Kanahia laniflora)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus:
R.Br.
Type species
Kanahia laniflora

Kanahia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1] It is native to Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.[2]

Species[3]
  1. Kanahia carlsbergiana D.V.Field, Friis & M.G.Gilbert - Bale Region of Ethiopia
  2. Kanahia delilii Kotschy ex Decne. - Mount Aquaro in Ethiopia
  3. Kanahia forskalii Decne. - Yemen
  4. Kanahia laniflora (Forssk.) R.Br. 1810 not G.Don 1837 nor K.Schum. 1895 - Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia
  5. Kanahia monroi S.Moore - Zimbabwe

References

  1. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 28.
  2. ^ Tropicos
  3. ^ The Plant List, genus Kanahia
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