Sylvainia

Sylvainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It includes a single species, Sylvainia natalensis, a scrambling shrub or tree native to eastern and southeastern Africa, ranging from southern Tanzania through Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Eswatini to Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Northern Provinces of South Africa.^[1]

Sylvainia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Sylvainia M.F.Romero & R.M.Salas
Species:	S. natalensis
Binomial name
Sylvainia natalensis (Oliv.) M.F.Romero & R.M.Salas
Synonyms[1]
Cephalanthus natalensis Oliv. (1881) (basionym)

Sylvainia natalensis near Louwsburg, KwaZulu-Natal

The species was first described as Cephalanthus natalensis in 1881 by Daniel Oliver. In 2023 María Florencia Romero and Roberto M. Salas placed the species in the new monotypic genus Sylvainia.^[1]