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Woodia

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Woodia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Woodia
Schltr.

Woodia is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[1][2] It is native to southern Africa[3]

Species[4]
  1. Woodia mucronata N.E.Br.
  2. Woodia singularis N.E. Br.
  3. Woodia verruculosa Schltr.

References

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  1. ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 30-31 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ^ Tropicos genus Woodia
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ The Plant List, Woodia