Macrosphyra

Macrosphyra longistyla

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: Gardenieae
Genus: Macrosphyra
Species: M. brachysiphon – M. brachystylis – M. longistyla

Name

Macrosphyra Hook.f., 1873.

• Typus: M. brachystylis – (D.C.) Hiern

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan . East Tropical Africa Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996-. Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Dec 16 [1].
• Hooker, J.D. 1873. Gen. Pl. (Bentham & J. D. Hooker) 2: 86.
• Kainulainen, K. & Bremer, B. 2014. Phylogeny of Euclinia and allied genera of Gardenieae (Rubiaceae), and description of Melanoxerus, an endemic genus of Madagascar. Taxon63(4): 819-830. DOI: 10.12705/634.2 PDF Reference page. 

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