Keayodendron
| Keayodendron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Bridelieae |
| Subtribe: | Keayodendrinae |
| Genus: | Keayodendron Leandri |
| Species: | K. bridelioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Keayodendron bridelioides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Keayodendron is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1959.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Keayodendron bridelioides, native to tropical western and Central Africa (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic).[1] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 105: 517
- ^ Tropicos, Keayodendron Leandri
- ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.