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Hymenocardia
Sign in to saveHymenocardia is a genus of trees in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836. Most of the species are native to Africa, with one in Southeast Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyPhyllanthaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 46
- With media
- 39
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Collections
- A, MO, NHMUK, NY, MNHN, UFPR
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Tanzania, Guinea, Thailand, Zambia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
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Hymenocardia is a genus of trees in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836. Most of the species are native to Africa, with one in Southeast Asia.
Species in this genus are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Species formerly included moved to Mallotus Hymenocardia plicata - Mallotus plicatus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hymenocardia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.