Behnia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants belonging to the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree subfamily}}

{{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=June 2020}}

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| taxon = Behnia reticulata

| parent_authority = Didr.{{Cite web |title=Search for Behnia|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Behnia |accessdate=2014-11-30 }}

| synonyms_ref={{Cite web |title=Behnia reticulata|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=300370 |accessdate=2014-11-30}}

| synonyms=

• Dictyopsis Harv. ex Hook.f. [nomen superfluum]
• Hylonome Webb & Berthel.
• Dictyopsis thunbergii Harv.
• Hylonome reticulata (Thunb.) Webb & Berthel.
• Ruscus reticulatus Thunb.

| authority = (Thunb.) Didr.

| image = Behnia reticulata01.jpg

| image_caption = 1867 illustration{{cite journal |title=Dictyopsis thunbergii Harvey ex Hook.f. |journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine |volume=93 |series=3 |page=t. 5638 |year=1867 |url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002721675#page/n97/mode/2up}}

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Behnia is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).{{cite journal|last=Chase |first=M.W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }} There is only one known species, Behnia reticulata, a climber plant native to southern Africa (Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Eswatini).