Crateranthus

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Crateranthus
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Crateranthus le-testui
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Crateranthus". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 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.