Vangueria cinerascens

Vangueria cinerascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Genus:Vangueria
Species: V. cinerascens
Binomial name
Vangueria cinerascens
(Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz
Synonyms

Vangueria cinerascens is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is found from Tanzania to South Tropical Africa. The epithet is a Latin adjective (classical Latin cinerescens, from verb cinerescere, to turn into ashes) meaning ash-coloured, referring to the indumentum on the leaves.

Taxonomy

There are 5 varieties:

  • V. cinerascens var. cinerascens
  • V. cinerascens var. inaequalis (Robyns) Lantz
  • V. cinerascens var. laeta (Robyns) Lantz
  • V. cinerascens var. laevior (K.Schum.) Lantz
  • V. cinerascens var. richardsiae (Robyns) Lantz


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