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Vahlia

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Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that grow in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. There are at least five species.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderVahliales
  5. FamilyVahliaceae
Observations1,277
Observations recorded2,550

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
With media
28
Family
Vahliaceae
Collections
MO, UPS, VT, MNHN, O
Recorded in
Kenya, Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa, Egypt, Cameroon, Sudan, India

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Vahliaceae
Image
Vahlia capensis subsp. vulgaris var. linearis 1DS-II 1-0631.jpg
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Vahlia
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genus
taxon name
Vahlia
topic's main category
Category:Vahlia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that grow in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. There are at least five species.

The genus is placed alone in family Vahliaceae. This family had previously been placed in the order Saxifragales, and was reassigned to the new order Vahliales in 2016 by the APG IV system.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vahlia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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