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Spondianthus
Sign in to saveSpondianthus is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the tribe Spondiantheae. It was first described as a genus in 1905. The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Spondianthus, and connects out to Phyllanthaceae, Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is catalogued under topics including Flora of Africa, IUCN Red List least concern species and Monotypic Malpighiales genera.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyPhyllanthaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, GH
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Sierra Leone, Ghana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phyllanthaceae
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- taxon name
- Spondianthus
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- genus
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Spondianthus is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the tribe Spondiantheae. It was first described as a genus in 1905. The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique. Subspecies Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber (Engl.) J.Léonard & Nkounkou – from Nigeria to Tanzania south to Angola; also Guinea, Ivory Coast Spondianthus preussii subsp. preussii – from Liberia to Zaire Formerly included moved to: Protomegabaria Spondianthus obovatus Engl. – Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spondianthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.