Rafnia

Rafnia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 29 species of shrubs and subshrubs native to South Africa. They grow in Mediterranean-climate fynbos (shrubland) and grassland, mostly on rocky and sandy soils. Most are native to the Cape Provinces, with some extending eastwards into KwaZulu-Natal. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

Species

Rafnia comprises the following species:

• Rafnia acuminata <small>(E. Mey.) G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• Rafnia affinis <small>Harv.</small>
• Rafnia alata
• Rafnia amplexicaulis <small>Thunb.</small>
• Rafnia angulata <small>Thunb.</small>
• Rafnia axillaris
• Rafnia capensis <small>(L.) Schinz</small>
• subsp. calycina <small>G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• subsp. capensis <small>(L.) Druce</small>
• subsp. carinata <small>G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• subsp. dichotoma <small>(Eckl. & Zeyh.) G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• subsp. elsieae <small>G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• subsp. ovata <small>(P. J. Bergius) G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• subsp. pedicellata <small>G. J. Campbell & B.-E. van Wyk</small>
• Rafnia crassifolia <small>Harv.</small>
• Rafnia crispa <small>C.H. Stirt.</small>
• Rafnia cuneifolia

• Rafnia diffusa <small>Thunb.</small>
• Rafnia ecklonis
• Rafnia elliptica <small>Thunb.</small>

• Rafnia erecta

• Rafnia gibba
• Rafnia globosa <small>G.J.Campb. & B.-E.van Wyk</small>

• Rafnia lancea <small>DC.</small>
• Rafnia lebeckioides
• Rafnia opposita
• Rafnia ovata

• Rafnia racemosa <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small>
• Rafnia retroflexa <small>Thunb.</small>

• Rafnia schlechteriana
• Rafnia spicata <small>Thunb.</small>

• Rafnia triflora <small>Thunb.</small>
• Rafnia virens <small>E. Mey.</small>
• Rafnia vlokii

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