Vahlia

Vahlia
Vahlia capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Vahliales
Doweld
Family: Vahliaceae
Airy Shaw
Genus: Vahlia
Thunb.
Species

5 species; see text.

Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that are native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. It contains described five species. The genus is placed alone in family Vahliaceae. This family had previously been placed in the order Saxifragales, and was reassigned to the new order Vahliales in 2016 by the APG IV system.[1]

Species

Five species are recognised as of April 2026:[2][3]

  • Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. – southern Africa
  • Vahlia dichotoma (Murray) Kuntze – northern and eastern Africa, India, Sri Lanka
  • Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze – Botswana, Burkina, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iraq, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Vahlia geminiflora (Caill. & Delile) Bridson – Sahel to Egypt, Iraq, Iran
  • Vahlia somalensis Chiov. – Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya

References

  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
  2. ^ "Vahlia Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Vahlia Thunb". Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-04-07 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.


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