Tavaresia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Tavaresia
Species: T. angolensis – T. barklyi – T. thompsoniorum
Name

Tavaresia Welw., Bol. Ann. Cons. Ultramar. Lisb. 7: 79. (1854)

Type species: Tavaresia angolensis Welw., Bol. Ann. Cons. Ultramar. (Portugal) 7: 79. (1854)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Ceropegia sect. Tavaresia (Welw.) Bruyns, S. African J. Bot. 112: 421. (2017)

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

Welwitsch, F.M.J. 1854. Bol. Ann. Cons. Ultramar. Lisb. 7: 79.
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. Tavaresia 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. Tavaresia. 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. Tavaresia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Tavaresia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar. 2022. Reference page.
Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902.[1] It is native to southern Africa.[2][3]

Species[4]

Tavaresia angolensis Welw. - Angola
Tavaresia barklyi (Dyer) N.E.Br. - South Africa
Tavaresia grandiflora Berger - South Africa
Tavaresia meintjesii R.A. Dyer - Limpopo

formerly included[4]

Tavaresia thompsoniorum van Jaarsv. & R.Nagel, syn of × Staparesia thompsoniorum (van Jaarsv. & R.Nagel) G.D.Rowley

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be most closely related to the genus Huernia, and to a widespread branch of stapeliads comprising the genera Orbea, Piaranthus and Stapelia.[5]
References
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Dyer, William Turner Thiselton. 1902. Flora of tropical Africa 4(1): 494
AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
The Plant List
P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2014. v. 77, no. 1, p. 251--263. ISSN 1055-7903.