Gnidia Explained
Gnidia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is distributed in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar; more than half of all the species are endemic to South Africa.[1] Gnidia was named for Knidos, an Ancient Greek city located in modern-day Turkey.[2]
These are perennial herbs and shrubs, sometimes with rhizomes. Most species have alternately arranged leaves, and a few have opposite leaves. The leaves are undivided and unlobed. The inflorescence is a head of a few to many flowers. The calyx is cylindrical and the colored lobes may alternate with the petals; some species lack petals.[2] Many species are similar in appearance and difficult to tell apart.[3]
Molecular analyses have provided evidence that the genus is polyphyletic, made up of four different lineages. They are related to the four genera Struthiola, Drapetes, Lasiosiphon, and Pimelea.[4]
Formerly 140 to 160 species were classified in the genus.[1] [2] [5] Many have been reassigned to other genera and Plants of the World Online currently accepts 104 species.
Species
104 species are accepted.
- Gnidia aberrans
- Gnidia anomala
- Gnidia apiculata
- Gnidia bambutana
- Gnidia baumiana
- Gnidia baurii
- Gnidia burmanni
- Gnidia caniflora
- Gnidia cayleyi
- Gnidia chapmanii
- Gnidia chrysantha
- Gnidia chrysophylla
- Gnidia clavata
- Gnidia compacta
- Gnidia coriacea
- Gnidia cyanea
- Gnidia decurrens
- Gnidia dekindtiana
- Gnidia dumicola
- Gnidia elkerensis
- Gnidia ericoides
- Gnidia fastigiata
- Gnidia flanaganii
- Gnidia foliosa
- Gnidia francisci
- Gnidia fraterna
- Gnidia fruticulosa
- Gnidia fulgens
- Gnidia galpinii
- Gnidia geminiflora
- Gnidia goetzeana
- Gnidia gossweileri
- Gnidia gymnostachya
- Gnidia harveyana
- Gnidia hirsuta
- Gnidia hockii
- Gnidia humilis
- Gnidia imbricata
- Gnidia inconspicua
- Gnidia insignis
- Gnidia involucrata
- Gnidia juniperifolia
- Gnidia kasaiensis
- Gnidia kundelungensis
- Gnidia laxa
- Gnidia leipoldtii
- Gnidia linearifolia
- Gnidia linoides
- Gnidia meyeri
- Gnidia mollis
- Gnidia multiflora
- Gnidia myrtifolia
- Gnidia nana
- Gnidia neglecta
- Gnidia newtonii
- Gnidia nitida
- Gnidia nodiflora
- Gnidia obtusissima
- Gnidia oliveriana
- Gnidia oppositifolia
- Gnidia orbiculata
- Gnidia ornata
- Gnidia pallida
- Gnidia parviflora
- Gnidia parvula
- Gnidia penicillata
- Gnidia phaeotricha
- Gnidia pinifolia
- Gnidia pleurocephala
- Gnidia poggei
- Gnidia polystachya
- Gnidia propinqua
- Gnidia quadrifaria
- Gnidia quarrei
- Gnidia racemosa
- Gnidia rendlei
- Gnidia renniana
- Gnidia robynsiana
- Gnidia rubrocincta
- Gnidia scabra
- Gnidia scabrida
- Gnidia sericea
- Gnidia setosa
- Gnidia simplex
- Gnidia singularis
- Gnidia sonderiana
- Gnidia sparsiflora
- Gnidia spicata
- Gnidia squarrosa
- Gnidia stellatifolia
- Gnidia stenophylla
- Gnidia strigillosa
- Gnidia styphelioides
- Gnidia subulata
- Gnidia tenella
- Gnidia thesioides
- Gnidia tomentosa
- Gnidia usafuae
- Gnidia variabilis
- Gnidia variegata
- Gnidia virescens
- Gnidia welwitschii
- Gnidia wickstroemiana
- Gnidia woodii
Formerly placed here
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Notes and References
- Rogers, Z. S. (2006). A new species of Malagasy Gnidia and the lectotypification of Octolepis decalepis (Thymelaeaceae). Adansonia, sér. 3(28), 155-60.
- Hyde, M. A., et al. Gnidia. Flora of Zimbabwe. 2013.
- Beaumont, A. J., et al. (2001). Patterns of diversity among involucral bracts, inflorescences and flowers in Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae). Systematics and Geography of Plants 71(2), 419-31.
- Beaumont, A. J., et al. (2009). Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae) is not monophyletic: taxonomic implications for Thymelaeoideae and a partial new generic taxonomy for Gnidia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160(4), 402-17.
- Bhandurge, P., et al. (2013). The Gnidia genus: A review. Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 3(19), 1-31.
