Dactyladenia
Dactyladenia | |
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Dactyladenia cinerea herbarium specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
Genus: | Dactyladenia Welw. |
Type species | |
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Dactyladenia is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae. They are distributed in western and central Africa, from Liberia to Angola.[1] There are about 31 species.[2]
The genus was first described by Friedrich Welwitsch in his work Apontamentos Fito-geograficos sobre a Flora da Provincia de Angola na Africa Equinocial (1859).[3]
- Species[1]
References[]
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- ^ a b c "Dactyladenia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b Jongkind, C. C. (2012). Description of Dactyladenia globosa (Chrysobalanaceae), a new tree species from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 145(1), 126-128.
- ^ "Dactyladenia". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
Categories:
- Dactyladenia
- Chrysobalanaceae genera
- Flora of Africa