Lachnaea

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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)

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]

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