Rajania

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

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1. ^ a b 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.

Taxon identifiers

Rajania|

* Wikidata: Q9303296
* Wikispecies: Rajania
* APNI: 218059
* BOLD: 424316
* EoL: 32048
* EPPO: 1RAIG
* GBIF: 7684173
* GRIN: 10238
* iNaturalist: 273466
* IPNI: 14272-1
* ITIS: 43380
* NCBI: 385429
* Open Tree of Life: 7585690
* PLANTS: RAJAN
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14272-1
* Tropicos: 40022352
* WFO: wfo-4000032499