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Vahlia
Vahlia capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Vahliales Doweld
Family:	Vahliaceae Airy Shaw
Genus:	Vahlia Thunb.
Species
5 species; see text.

Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that grow in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. There are at least five species.

The genus is placed alone in family Vahliaceae. This family had previously been placed in the order Saxifragales, and was reassigned to the new order Vahliales in 2016 by the APG IV system.

Species

1. Vahlia capensis (L. fil.) Thunb.; South Africa (Cape Prov.)
2. Vahlia dichotoma (J. A. Murr.) Kuntze, Mauritania, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Western Sahara, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, ?Togo, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Chad, Zimbabwe, India, Sri Lanka
3. Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze Egypt (Nile Valley), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind, Pakistani Punjab), NW-India, Botswana, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, NE-Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, etc., Madagascar
4. Vahlia geminiflora (Del.) Bridson Egypt (Nile Valley), Iran (S-Iran), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Mali, Niger, N-Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mauritania
5. Vahlia somalensis Chiov., Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya

References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
2. ^ "Genus Vahlia". ITIS/Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

• http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/gentianalesweb.htm#Vahliaceae

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Supergroup Plant: Bryophyta Marchantiophyta Polypodiophyta Acrogymnospermae Angiospermae
Angiosperms	Amborellales¹ Nymphaeales¹ Austrobaileyales¹ Mesangiosperms Chloranthales Ceratophyllales Magnoliids Canellales Piperales Laurales Magnoliales Monocots Acorales² Alismatales² Petrosaviales³ Dioscoreales³ Pandanales³ Liliales³ Asparagales³ Commelinids Arecales Poales Commelinales Zingiberales Eudicots Ranunculales Proteales Trochodendrales Buxales Core eudicots Gunnerales Dilleniales Superrosids Saxifragales Rosids Vitales Fabids Zygophyllales Celastrales Malpighiales Oxalidales Fabales Rosales Cucurbitales Fagales Malvids Geraniales Myrtales Crossosomatales Picramniales Sapindales Huerteales Brassicales Malvales Superasterids Berberidopsidales Santalales Caryophyllales Asterids Cornales Ericales Campanulids Aquifoliales Asterales Escalloniales Bruniales Apiales Dipsacales Paracryphiales Lamiids Icacinales Metteniusales Garryales Boraginales Gentianales Lamiales Solanales Vahliales
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