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Megaphrynium

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Megaphrynium

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Megaphrynium is a genus of plants native to tropical Africa.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Megaphrynium is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Democratic Republic of the Congo, plant and Wikidata.

It sits within the topics Flora of the Afrotropical realm, Marantaceae and Marantaceae genera.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderZingiberales
  5. FamilyMarantaceae
Native toCabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
60
With media
93
Family
Marantaceae
Collections
US, GH, A, MO
Recorded in
Australia, Cameroon, Liberia, Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Marantaceae
Image
Sarcophrynium arnoldianum - leaves detail.jpg
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Commons category
Megaphrynium
taxon name
Megaphrynium
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Megaphrynium
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Encyclopedic overview

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Megaphrynium is a genus of plants native to tropical Africa. species Megaphrynium distans Hepper, Kew Bull. 32: 461 (1968). - Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea Megaphrynium gabonense Koechlin, Fl. Gabon 9: 153 (1964). - Gabon, Congo Republic Megaphrynium macrostachyum (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 7: 170 (1952). - from Sierra Leone to Uganda Megaphrynium trichogynum Koechlin, Fl. Gabon 9: 154 (1964). - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire Megaphrynium velutinum (K.Schum.) Koechlin, Fl. Gabon 9: 158 (1964). - Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Megaphrynium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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