Tavaresia

Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902. It is native to southern Africa.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFigitidae

Native toAngola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1
With media: 1
Family: Apocynaceae
Collections: MNHN

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Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902. It is native to southern Africa. Species 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 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.

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