Oxyanthus

Oxyanthus speciosus

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: Sherbournieae
Genus: Oxyanthus
Species: O. andjigae – O. barensis – O. biflorus – O. bremekampii – O. brevicaulis – O. doucetii – O. dubius – O. formosus – O. goetzei – O. gracilis – O. haerdii – O. latifolius – O. laxiflorus – O. ledermannii – O. lepidus – O. letouzeyanus – O. lewisii – O. mayumbensis – O. montanus – O. nangensis – O. okuensis – O. oliganthus – O. pallidus – O. pyriformis – O. querimbensis – O. racemosus – O. robbrechtianus – O. schumannianus – O. setosus – O. smithii – O. speciosus – O. strigosus – O. subpunctatus – O. troupinii – O. tubiflorus – O. ugandensis – O. unilocularis – O. zanguebaricus

Name

Oxyanthus DC. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 218. (1807)

Type species: Oxyanthus speciosus DC., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 218. (1807)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Megacarpha Hochst., Flora 27: 551 (1844)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

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

References

Candolle, A.P. de 1807. Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 9: 218.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Oxyanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Aug. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Oxyanthus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 10 2022.

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