Fanninia

Fanninia is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1868.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Fanninia caloglossa, native to South Africa[3]

Fanninia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Fanninia
Harv.
Species:
F. caloglossa
Binomial name
Fanninia caloglossa

References
  1. Harvey, William Henry. 1868. Genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural system ed. 2, 235
  2. Tropicos
  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).
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