Rajania
Topic: Biology
From HandWiki - Reading time: 2 min
Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Rajania | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Plantae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Tracheophytes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Angiosperms |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Monocots |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Dioscoreales |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Rajania L. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Rajania is a genus of plants in the Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the West Indies, with 14 of the 17 known species found in Cuba.[1][2]
- Rajania angustifolia Sw. - Cuba, Haiti
- Rajania cephalocarpa Uline ex R.Knuth - Cuba
- Rajania cordata L. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles
- Rajania ekmanii R.Knuth - Cuba
- Rajania hastata L. - Hispaniola
- Rajania microphylla Kunth - Bahamas, Cuba
- Rajania nipensis R.A.Howard - Cuba
- Rajania ovata Sw. - Cuba, Hispaniola
- Rajania pilifera Urb. - Haiti
- Rajania porulosa R.Knuth - Cuba
- Rajania psilostachya (Kunth) Uline - Cuba
- Rajania quinquefolia L. - Cuba, Hispaniola
- Rajania spiculiflora Uline ex R.Knuth - Haiti
- Rajania tenella R.A.Howard - Cuba
- Rajania tenuiflora R.Knuth - Cuba, Hispaniola
- Rajania theresensis Uline ex R.Knuth - Cuba
- Rajania wrightii Uline ex R.Knuth - Cuba
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Wikidata ☰ Q9303296 entry
 |  |
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biology:Rajania12 views | Status: cached on February 08 2026 09:22:11↧ Download this article as ZWI file
EncycloReader
is supported by the 
KSF