Vahlia
Genus of flowering plants
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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.
| Vahlia | |
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| Vahlia capensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Vahliales Doweld |
| Family: | Vahliaceae Airy Shaw |
| Genus: | Vahlia Thunb. |
| Species | |
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5 species; see text. | |
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.[1]
Species
Vahlia capensis (L. fil.) Thunb.;[2] South Africa (Cape Prov.) Vahlia dichotoma (J. A. Murr.) Kuntze,[2] Mauritania, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Western Sahara, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, ?Togo, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Chad, Zimbabwe, India, Sri Lanka Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze [2] Egypt (Nile Valley), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind, Pakistani Punjab), NW-India, Botswana, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, NE-Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, etc., Madagascar Vahlia geminiflora (Del.) Bridson [2] Egypt (Nile Valley), Iran (S-Iran), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Mali, Niger, N-Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mauritania Vahlia somalensis Chiov.,[2] Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya
