Vavara Benoist, gen. nov.

– Type: Vavara breviflora (Benoist)

Benoist ex I.Darbysh. & E.Tripp, comb. nov.

Validating description in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 134. 1962.

Resembling Dicliptera Juss. in its corolla tube twisted through ±180° resulting in a resupinate corolla limb and sternotribic flower but differing in the anther thecae of each stamen being widely separated by long extension of the anther connective (versus thecae immediately superposed or slightly overlapping).