Spondianthus

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Spondianthus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Spondiantheae
Genus: Spondianthus
Engl.
Species:
S. preussii
Binomial name
Spondianthus preussii
Engl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Megabaria Pierre ex Hutch
  • Megabaria trillesii Pierre ex Hutch.
  • Spondianthus glaber Engl.
  • Spondianthus preussii var. glaber (Engl.) Engl.
  • Megabaria ugandensis Hutch.
  • Thecacoris trillesii Beille
  • Spondianthus ugandensis (Hutch.) Hutch.

Spondianthus is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the tribe Spondiantheae. It was first described as a genus in 1905.[2][3] The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique.[1][4]

Subspecies[1]
  1. Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber (Engl.) J.Léonard & Nkounkou – from Nigeria to Tanzania south to Angola; also Guinea, Ivory Coast
  2. Spondianthus preussii subsp. preussii – from Liberia to Zaire
Formerly included[1]

moved to: Protomegabaria

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