Rajania

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Rajania

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Dioscoreales
Family:  | Dioscoreaceae
Genus:  | Rajania

Synonyms[1]

* Raja Burm. in C. Plumier

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ 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.

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