Lachnaea

Lachnaea
Lachnaea pomposa botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Lachnaea L. (1753)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Calysericos Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. (1857) Cryptadenia Meisn. (1840) Radojitskya Turcz. (1852) Steiroctis Raf. (1838)

Lachnaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs.

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• Lachnaea alpina Meisn.
• Lachnaea aurea Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.
• Lachnaea axillaris Meisn.
• Lachnaea burchellii Meisn.
• Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz
• Lachnaea densiflora Meisn.
• Lachnaea diosmoides Meisn.
• Lachnaea elsieae Beyers
• Lachnaea ericoides Meisn.
• Lachnaea eriocephala L.
• Lachnaea filamentosa Meisn.
• Lachnaea filicaulis (Meisn.) Beyers
• Lachnaea funicaulis Schinz
• Lachnaea globulifera Meisn.
• Lachnaea glomerata Fourc.
• Lachnaea gracilis Meisn.
• Lachnaea grandiflora (L.f.) Baill.
• Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers
• Lachnaea laniflora (C.H.Wright) Bond
• Lachnaea laxa (C.H.Wright) Beyers
• Lachnaea leipoldtii Beyers
• Lachnaea macrantha Meisn.
• Lachnaea marlothii Schltr.
• Lachnaea montana Beyers
• Lachnaea naviculifolia Compton
• Lachnaea nervosa (Thunb.) Meisn.
• Lachnaea oliverorum Beyers
• Lachnaea pedicellata Beyers
• Lachnaea pendula Beyers
• Lachnaea penicillata Meisn.
• Lachnaea pomposa Beyers
• Lachnaea pudens Beyers
• Lachnaea pusilla Beyers
• Lachnaea rupestris Beyers
• Lachnaea ruscifolia Compton
• Lachnaea sociorum Beyers
• Lachnaea stokoei Beyers
• Lachnaea striata (Lam.) Meisn.
• Lachnaea uniflora (L.) Crantz
• Lachnaea villosa Beyers