{{Short description|Genus of Thymelaeaceae plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =The paradisus londinensis (8318688306).jpg |image_caption =''Lachnaea pomposa'' botanical illustration |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Lachnaea |authority = L. (1753)<ref>Sp. Pl.: 560 (1753)</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Calysericos'' <small>Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. (1857)</small> *''Cryptadenia'' <small>Meisn. (1840)</small> *''Radojitskya'' <small>Turcz. (1852)</small> *''Steiroctis'' <small>Raf. (1838)</small> |synonyms_ref=<ref name = "39265-1" /> }}
'''''Lachnaea''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1071/SB9900595 |title=A revision of the genera ''Kelleria'' and ''Drapetes'' (Thymelaeaceae) |year=1990 |last1=Heads |first1=MJ |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |volume=3 |issue=4 |page=595 }}</ref>
==Species== Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "39265-1" >{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39265-1 |title=''Lachnaea'' L. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=1 August 2020 }}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Lachnaea alpina'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea aurea'' <small>Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea axillaris'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea burchellii'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea capitata'' <small>(L.) Crantz</small> *''Lachnaea densiflora'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea diosmoides'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea elsieae'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea ericoides'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea eriocephala'' <small>L.</small> *''Lachnaea filamentosa'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea filicaulis'' <small>(Meisn.) Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea funicaulis'' <small>Schinz</small> *''Lachnaea globulifera'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea glomerata'' <small>Fourc.</small> *''Lachnaea gracilis'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea grandiflora'' <small>(L.f.) Baill.</small> *''Lachnaea greytonensis'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea laniflora'' <small>(C.H.Wright) Bond</small> *''Lachnaea laxa'' <small>(C.H.Wright) Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea leipoldtii'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea macrantha'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea marlothii'' <small>Schltr.</small> *''Lachnaea montana'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea naviculifolia'' <small>Compton</small> *''Lachnaea nervosa'' <small>(Thunb.) Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea oliverorum'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea pedicellata'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea pendula'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea penicillata'' <small>Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea pomposa'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea pudens'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea pusilla'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea rupestris'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea ruscifolia'' <small>Compton</small> *''Lachnaea sociorum'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea stokoei'' <small>Beyers</small> *''Lachnaea striata'' <small>(Lam.) Meisn.</small> *''Lachnaea uniflora'' <small>(L.) Crantz</small> *''Lachnaea villosa'' <small>Beyers</small> {{div col end}}
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Category:Thymelaeaceae Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Taxa described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus