Greyia flanaganii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Francoaceae |
| Genus: | Greyia |
| Species: | G. flanaganii
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| Binomial name | |
| Greyia flanaganii Bolus
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Greyia flanaganii is a species of plant in the Francoaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa.[1]
Greyia flanaganii is one of the related species of the taxonomically isolated and endemic Southern African family, the Greyiaceae. There are two other that are related too. The other two species in the Greyiaceae family, Greyia radlkoferi and Greyia sutherlandii are dormant and leafless in winter, unlike Greyia flanaganii, which is evergreen. Greyia radlkoferi is found in Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal of South Africa and Greyia sutherlandii is from Natal, South Africa. The greyias of South Africa do not appear to have similarities with other plants in the world. There are botanists who hang on to the theory that greyias deserve to be placed in a separately in the world of trees. Greyiaceae belongs in the monotypic order. It was formerly placed between the Saxifragales and Francoyales.[2]
Its named after Henry George Flanagan, a South African farmer and botanist from Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa
References
- ^ a b Hilton-Taylor, C.; et al. (1998). "Greyia flanaganii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. IUCN: e.T30349A9539149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30349A9539149.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Greyia flanaganii | Plantz Africa". pza.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
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