Pentabrachion

Pentabrachion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Pentabrachion
Müll.Arg.
Binomial name
Pentabrachion reticulatum
Müll.Arg.
Synonyms[1]
  • Actephila reticulata (Müll.Arg.) Pax
  • Amanoa laurifolia Pax
  • Actephila africana Pax

Pentabrachion is a plant genus from the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Pentabrachion reticulatum, native to tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Zaire).[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 47: 532-533 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Pentabrachion Müll. Arg.
  4. ↑ Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  5. ↑ Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris


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