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Apodiscus
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Apodiscus

Binomial name
Apodiscus chevalieri

Apodiscus is a genus of trees belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1912.[1] It contains only one known species, Apodiscus chevalieri, native to tropical West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and possibly Sierra Leone).[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Apodiscus Hutch.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ 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.