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Vangueria

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Vangueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as V. madagascariensis is known in Malagasy.

Species

wild-medlar

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyRubiaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo
Observations3,583
Observations recorded13,550

Вангерия (лат. Vangueria) — род растений семейства Мареновые, включающий в себя более 50 видов деревьев и кустарников, распространённых в Африке и на Мадагаскаре.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
319
With media
239
Family
Rubiaceae
Collections
GH, MO
Recorded in
Tanzania, Angola, Kenya

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Vanguerieae
Image
Vangueria parvifolia IMG 3152.jpg
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taxon name
Vangueria
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Vangueria
topic's main category
Category:Vangueria
taxon common name
斑嘉果属
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Bacterial leaf symbiosis
  • Gousiekte
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

Vangueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is named for , as V. madagascariensis is known in Malagasy.

==Distribution== The genus contains over 50 species distributed in Africa south of the Sahara with one species occurring in Madagascar (V. madagascariensis). The centre of diversity is in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania) and they are rare in West Africa.

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

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