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Chaetachme
Sign in to saveChaetachme is a monotypic genus of flowering plants native to eastern and western Africa, including Madagascar, containing the single species Chaetachme aristata. Its English common name is thorny elm, and it is known as muyuyu in Kikuyu. Traditionally placed in the Elm family, it is more recently placed in the family Cannabaceae, thought to be possibly closely related to Celtis.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 12 inbound references to Chaetachme, and connects out to Jules Émile Planchon, English language and Madagascar.
Vinony files it under Cannabaceae, IUCN Red List least concern species and Monotypic Rosales genera.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyCannabaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Cannabaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN, UPS, K
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Mozambique, Benin, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cannabaceae
- Image
- Chaetacme aristata, a, Krantzkloof Natuurreservaat.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chaetachme
- taxon name
- Chaetachme
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Chaetachme
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chaetachme is a monotypic genus of flowering plants native to eastern and western Africa, including Madagascar, containing the single species Chaetachme aristata. Its English common name is thorny elm, and it is known as muyuyu in Kikuyu. Traditionally placed in the Elm family, it is more recently placed in the family Cannabaceae, thought to be possibly closely related to Celtis.
Chaetachme aristata is a shrub or small tree growing up to tall. It has drooping, angular branches covered with spines up to in length. The lance-shaped leaves are up to long by wide, pointed at the tip and smooth or serrated on the edges. The shrub is dioecious and sexually dimorphic, with male and female flower types borne on separate individuals, although it may also be monoecious.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaetachme” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.