Protomegabaria

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Protomegabaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Scepeae
Genus: Protomegabaria
Hutch.

Protomegabaria is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1911.[1][2] It is native to western and central Africa.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Protomegabaria macrophylla (Pax) Hutch. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
  2. Protomegabaria meiocarpa J.Léonard - Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  3. Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch. - West Africa (Liberia to Republic of the Congo)

References

  1. ^ Hutchinson. 1911. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 30, t. 2929
  2. ^ Tropicos, Protomegabaria Hutch.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.