Halleria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[1][2]
Halleria | |
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Halleria lucida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Stilbaceae |
Genus: | Halleria L. |
Halleria is native to eastern and southern Africa and to Madagascar.[3]
- Species[4]
- Halleria elliptica L. - South Africa, Malawi
- Halleria ligustrifolia Baker - Madagascar
- Halleria lucida L. - South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda
- Halleria ovata Benth. - South Africa
References
edit- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 625-626 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Halleria L.
- ^ 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, search for Halleria