Cliffortia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Rosoideae
Tribus: Agrimonieae
Subtribus: Sanguisorbinae
Genus: Cliffortia
Species: C. acanthophylla – C. acockii – C. aculeata – C. acutifolia – C. alata – C. amplexistipula – C. anthospermoides – C. apiculata – C. arborea – C. arcuata – C. atrata – C. baccans – C. bolusii – C. brevifolia – C. browniana – C. burchellii – C. burgersii – C. carinata – C. castanea – C. ceresana – C. cervicornu – C. complanata – C. concinna – C. conifera – C. crassinervis – C. crenata – C. crenulata – C. cristata – C. cruciata – C. cuneata – C. curvifolia – C. cymbifolia – C. densa – C. dentata – C. denticulata – C. dichotoma – C. discolor – C. dispar – C. dodecandra – C. dracomontana – C. dregeana – C. drepanoides – C. erectisepala – C. ericifolia – C. eriocephalina – C. esterhuyseniae – C. exilifolia – C. falcata – C. fasciculata – C. ferricola – C. ferruginea – C. filicaulis – C. filicauloides – C. filifolia – C. geniculata – C. glauca – C. gracillima – C. graminea – C. grandifolia – C. hantamensis – C. hermaphroditica – C. heterophylla – C. hexandra – C. hirsuta – C. hirta – C. ilicifolia – C. incana – C. integerrima – C. intermedia – C. juniperina – C. lanata – C. lanceolata – C. lepida – C. linearifolia – C. longifolia – C. marginata – C. micrantha – C. mirabilis – C. monophylla – C. montana – C. multiformis – C. neglecta – C. nitidula – C. nivenioides – C. obcordata – C. obovata – C. odorata – C. oligodonta – C. ovalis – C. paucistaminea – C. pedunculata – C. perpendicularis – C. phillipsii – C. phyllanthoides – C. pilifera – C. polita – C. polygonifolia – C. prionota – C. propinqua – C. pterocarpa – C. pulchella – C. pungens – C. ramosissima – C. recurvata – C. reniformis – C. repens – C. reticulata – C. rigida – C. robusta – C. ruscifolia – C. scandens – C. schlechteri – C. semiteres – C. sericea – C. serpyllifolia – C. setifolia – C. sparsa – C. spathulata – C. stricta – C. strigosa – C. strobilifera – C. subdura – C. subsetacea – C. tenuis – C. teretifolia – C. theodori-friesii – C. tricuspidata – C. triloba – C. tuberculata – C. uncinata – C. varians – C. verrucosa – C. virgata – C. viridis – C. weimarckii
Nothospecies: C. × tridentata

Name

Cliffortia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1038 (1753).

Type species: Cliffortia polygonifolia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1038 (1753).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Monographidium C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 202 (1851).
- Morilandia Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 99 (1790).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Rwanda.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1038. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cliffortia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Cliffortia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cliffortia. Published online. Accessed: May 27 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cliffortia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2020.