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Spondianthus
Sign in to saveSpondianthus 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. The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyPhyllanthaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, GH
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Sierra Leone, Ghana
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Phyllanthaceae
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- Spondianthus
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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. The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique. Subspecies Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber (Engl.) J.Léonard & Nkounkou – from Nigeria to Tanzania south to Angola; also Guinea, Ivory Coast Spondianthus preussii subsp. preussii – from Liberia to Zaire Formerly included moved to: Protomegabaria Spondianthus obovatus Engl. – Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spondianthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.