Lachnaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs.[3]

Lachnaea
Lachnaea pomposa botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Lachnaea
L. (1753)[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Calysericos Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. (1857)
  • Cryptadenia Meisn. (1840)
  • Radojitskya Turcz. (1852)
  • Steiroctis Raf. (1838)

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 560 (1753)
  2. ^ a b "Lachnaea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ Heads, MJ (1990). "A revision of the genera Kelleria and Drapetes (Thymelaeaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 3 (4): 595. doi:10.1071/SB9900595.