Afrocanthium

Afrocanthium gilfillanii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Vanguerieae
Genus: Afrocanthium
Species: A. burttii – A. gilfillanii – A. keniense – A. kilifiense – A. lactescens – A. mundianum – A. ngonii – A. parasiebenlistii – A. peteri – A. pseudorandii – A. pseudoverticillatum – A. racemulosum – A. rondoense – A. salubenii – A. shabanii – A. siebenlistii – A. vollesenii

Name

Afrocanthium (Bridson) Lantz & B.Bremer, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 278. (2004)

Type species: Afrocanthium lactescens (Hiern) Lantz, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 278. (2004)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Canthium subgen. Afrocanthium Bridson, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Rubiaceae 3: 864. (1991)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Lantz, H. & Bremer, B. 2004. Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 146(3): 257-283. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00338.x PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Afrocanthium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 6. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2016. Afrocanthium. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 6 2016.

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