Anthostema

Anthostema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subtribe: Anthosteminae
Genus: Anthostema
A.Juss.

Anthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824.[1][2] It is native to Africa and Madagascar.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Anthostema aubryanum Baill. - W + C Africa from Ivory Coast to Cabinda
  2. Anthostema madagascariense Baill. - Madagascar
  3. Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. - W Africa from Senegal to Benin

References

  1. ↑ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 56
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Anthostema A. Juss.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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