Multidentia

Multidentia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Vanguerieae
Genus:	Multidentia; Gilli
Type species
	; (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.

Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

Distribution[]

Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.^[1]^[2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with .

Species[]

Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
(Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
(Mildbr.) Bridson
Bridson
(Tennant) Bridson
Bridson
(Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
O.Lachenaud & Séné
Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson

References[]

^ ^a ^b Bridson DM (1987). "The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin. 42 (3): 641–654. doi:10.2307/4110069. JSTOR 4110069.
^ Gilli von A (1973). "Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 77: 15–57.

External links[]

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[Bridson1987-1] Bridson DM (1987). "The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin. 42 (3): 641–654. doi:10.2307/4110069. JSTOR 4110069.

[Gilli1973-2] Gilli von A (1973). "Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 77: 15–57.

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