Biology:Crateranthus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Crateranthus
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Crateranthus le-testui
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Crateranthus
Baker f.[1]

Crateranthus is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1913.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo).[4][5]

Species[1]
  • Crateranthus cameroonensis Cheek & Prance – Cameroon
  • Crateranthus congolensis Lecomte – Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Crateranthus le-testui Lecomte – Gabon, Republic of Congo
  • Crateranthus talbotii Baker f. – Cameroon, Gabon, southern Nigeria

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Crateranthus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21537-1. Retrieved 2 September 2019. 
  2. Baker, Edmund Gilbert. 1913. Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district South Nigeria 35
  3. Tropicos, Crateranthus Baker f.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Wikidata ☰ Q5182639 entry