Ctenolophon

Ctenolophon is the only genus in the flowering plant family Ctenolophonaceae. It has two recognized species:

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KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyCtenolophonaceae

Native toAngola, Borneo, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Malaya, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand

General: Ctenolophon can be large trees, with interpetiolar stipules

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Ctenolophon is the only genus in the flowering plant family Ctenolophonaceae. It has two recognized species: Ctenolophon englerianus Mildbr. – central Africa (Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire, Angola) Ctenolophon parvifolius Oliv. – New Guinea and southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines)

This family is well-represented in fossil pollen from the Late Cretaceous onwards. Based on fossils, it was formerly also found in northern South America, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian Subcontinent.