Lavrania

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Lavrania
Species: L. haagnerae
Name

Lavrania Plowes, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 58: 122. (1986)

Type species: Lavrania haagnerae Plowes, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 58: 123. (1986)
monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Homotypic
Ceropegia sect. Lavrania (Plowes) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 420 (2017).
Hoodia subgen. Lavrania (Plowes) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 30 (1998)
Hoodia sect. Lavrania (Plowes) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 32 (1998)

Note: A possible synonym of Ceropegia s.l. (Bruyns et al., 2017 & Hassler, 2022 c.f. Govaerts et al., 2022).
References

Plowes, D.C. 1986. Cactus and Succulent Journal 58: 122.
Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. 2017. A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae). South African Journal of Botany 112: 399–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.06.021 Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Lavrania in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Lavrania. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Lavrania. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Lavrania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2022. Reference page.