Callichilia

Callichilia barteri

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: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Callichilia
Species: C. barteri – C. basileis – C. bequaertii – C. inaequalis – C. monopodialis – C. subsessilis

Name

Callichilia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 130 (1902)

• Type species: Callichilia subsessilis (Benth.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 132 (1902)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hedranthera (Stapf) Pichon, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 225 (1948)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Stapf, O. 1902. Flora of Tropical Africa. London 4(1): 130.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Callichilia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Callichilia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 20 2017.

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