Biology:Phyllogeiton

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Short description: Genus of Rhamnaceae plants

Phyllogeiton
Berchemia discolor01.jpg
Phyllogeiton discolor, formerly Berchemia discolor
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Tribe: Rhamneae
Genus: Phyllogeiton
(Weberb.) Herzog
Species

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Phyllogeiton is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.[1] It was resurrected from Berchemia.[2]

Species

The following species are accepted:[1]

  • Phyllogeiton discolor (Klotzsch) Herzog – bird plum or brown ivory
  • Phyllogeiton zeyheri (Sond.) Suess. – pink ivory

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Phyllogeiton (Weberb.) Herzog" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/33499-1. 
  2. Huang, Xianhan; Deng, Tao; Chen, Shaotian; Landis, Jacob B.; Lin, Nan; Yang, Yi; Hu, Guangwan; Zhou, Zhuo et al. (2021). "Western Tethys origin, tropical Asia and tropical America disjunction in Berchemia and reinstatement of Phyllogeiton (Rhamneae, Rhamnaceae)". Taxon 70 (3): 515–525. doi:10.1002/tax.12498. 

Wikidata ☰ Q87183312 entry