# Lagynias

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{{Short description|Genus of African trees}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Vangueria lasiantha, vrug, a, Krantzkloof NR.jpg
|image_caption = Green fruit of ''[Lagynas lasiantha](/source/Vangueria_lasiantha)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Lagynias
|authority = [E.Mey.](/source/Ernst_Heinrich_Friedrich_Meyer) ex [Robyns](/source/Frans_Hubert_Edouard_Arthur_Walter_Robyns)
|type_species = ''Lagynias lasiantha''
|type_species_authority = ([Sond.](/source/Otto_Wilhelm_Sonder)) [Bullock](/source/Arthur_Allman_Bullock)
}}

'''''Lagynias''''' was a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae) but is no longer recognized. In 2005, it was sunk into [synonymy](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) with ''[Vangueria](/source/Vangueria)'', based on a [phylogenetic](/source/phylogenetic) [study](/source/Research) of [DNA sequence](/source/DNA_sequence)s.<ref name=Lantz2005>{{cite journal|author=Lantz H, Bremer B|year=2005|title=Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera ''Fadogia'', ''Rytigynia'', and ''Vangueria'' with close relatives and a new circumscription of ''Vangueria''|journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=253 |issue=1–4|pages=159–183 |doi=10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9|s2cid=30867982}}</ref>

==Species==
* ''[Lagynias dryadum](/source/Vangueria_dryadum)'' <small>(S.Moore) Robyns</small>
* ''[Lagynias lasiantha](/source/Vangueria_lasiantha)'' <small>(Sond.) Bullock</small>
* ''[Lagynias monteiroi](/source/Vangueria_monteiroi)'' <small>(Oliv.) Bridson</small>
* ''[Lagynias pallidiflora](/source/Vangueria_pallidiflora)'' <small>Bullock</small>
* ''[Lagynias rufescens](/source/Vangueria_rufescens)'' <small>(E.A.Bruce) Verdc.</small>

==See also==
* ''[Cuviera](/source/Cuviera)''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/ World Checklist of Rubiaceae]

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Category:Historically recognized Rubiaceae genera
Category:Vanguerieae
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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