Biology:Dactyladenia mannii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Dactyladenia mannii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Dactyladenia
Species:
D. mannii
Binomial name
Dactyladenia mannii
(Oliv.) Prance & F.White
Synonyms[2]
  • Acioa mannii (Oliv.) Engl.
  • Griffonia mannii Oliv.

Dactyladenia mannii is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is a climbing shrub or small tree native to Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea and to southwestern Cameroon. It grows in lowland and submontane forest, sometimes along rivers, up to 800 metres elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

The species was first described as Griffonia mannii by Daniel Oliver in 1871. In 1979 Ghillean Prance and Frank White placed the species is genus Dactyladenia as D. mannii.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3011666 entry