Specimen image via iDigBio · BY
Pseudolachnostylis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kudu-berry
Pseudolachnostylis is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1899. It contains only one known species, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia native to central and southern Africa. Its common name is kudu berry, though the term also applies for Cassine aethiopica. In Zimbabwe it is called mutsonzowa (Shona) or Umqobampunzi (Ndebele).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyPhyllanthaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 18
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN, UFPR
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Ghana, Angola, MoçAmbique
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phyllanthaceae
- Image
- Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia 5Dsr 1-1293.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Pseudolachnostylis
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Pseudolachnostylis
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Pseudolachnostylis is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1899. It contains only one known species, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia native to central and southern Africa. Its common name is kudu berry, though the term also applies for Cassine aethiopica. In Zimbabwe it is called mutsonzowa (Shona) or Umqobampunzi (Ndebele). varieties four varieties are recognized Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. dekindtii (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. - Katanga, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. glabra (Pax) Brenan - Burundi, Zaire, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia - Katanga, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi Strip Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. polygyna (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Radcl.-Sm. - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudolachnostylis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.