Farquharia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1912. It contains only one recognized species, Farquharia elliptica, native to tropical western and central Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1][2][3][4]

Farquharia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Nerieae
Genus: Farquharia
Stapf
Species:
F. elliptica
Binomial name
Farquharia elliptica
Synonyms[1]
  • Aladenia Pichon
  • Alafia jasminiflora A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Alafia mirabilis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Holalafia jasminiflora Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Alafia velutina Leeuwenb.
Formerly included

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. ^ Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  3. ^ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  4. ^ Wieringa, J.J. (2011). Novitates Gabonenses 70. The advantages of a specimen database: Alafia velutina is a synonym of Farquharia elliptica (Apocynaceae). Blumea 56: 240.
  5. ^ "The Plant List, Crateva excelsa Bojer". Retrieved 14 September 2014.