Afrocanthium

Afrocanthium gilfillanii

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: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Vanguerieae
Genus: Afrocanthium
Species: A. burttii – A. gilfillanii – A. keniense – A. kilifiense – A. lactescens – A. mundianum – A. ngonii – A. parasiebenlistii – A. peteri – A. pseudorandii – A. pseudoverticillatum – A. racemulosum – A. rondoense – A. salubenii – A. shabanii – A. siebenlistii – A. vollesenii

Name

Afrocanthium (Bridson) Lantz & B.Bremer, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 278. (2004)

• Type species: Afrocanthium lactescens (Hiern) Lantz, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 278. (2004)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Canthium subgen. Afrocanthium Bridson, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Rubiaceae 3: 864. (1991)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lantz, H. & Bremer, B. 2004. Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 146(3): 257–283. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00338.x . PDF. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Afrocanthium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Afrocanthium. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 6 2016.

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