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Behnia
1867 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Behnia
Didr.[2]
Species:
B. reticulata
Binomial name
Behnia reticulata
(Thunb.) Didr.
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Dictyopsis Harv. ex Hook.f. [nomen superfluum]
  • Hylonome Webb & Berthel.
  • Dictyopsis thunbergii Harv.
  • Hylonome reticulata (Thunb.) Webb & Berthel.
  • Ruscus reticulatus Thunb.

Behnia is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).[4] There is only one known species, Behnia reticulata, native to southern Africa (Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Dictyopsis thunbergii Harvey ex Hook.f." Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 3. 93: t. 5638. 1867.
  2. ^ a b c "Search for Behnia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  3. ^ "Behnia reticulata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  4. ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009). "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 132–136. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x.


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