Diogo Cão, also known as Diogo Cam, was a Portuguese mariner and one of the most notable explorers of the fifteenth century. He made two voyages along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s, exploring the Congo River and the coasts of present-day Angola and Namibia.
Thespesia is a genus of 14 flowering shrubs and trees in the Hibiscus family, Malvaceae, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (Gossypium). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.
Olax is a plant genus in the family Olacaceae. The name derives from the Latin, olax (malodorous), and refers to the unpleasant scent of some of the Olax species. Olax is an Old World genus represented by several climbers, some species have leaves and fruits smelling of garlic such as Olax subscorpioidea and Olax gambecola, seeds of the latter are used as condiments in parts of West Africa. In India Olax nana is well known as one of the first species to emerge after forest fires, the shoots growing directly from buried roots.
Placodiscus is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:
Vepris is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It comprises around 90 species, mainly from tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands and at a lesser extent Arabia and India.
Inez Clare Verdoorn was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for her major revisions of plant families and genera. She is also a niece of Eugene Nielen Marais, lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.
Triumfetta is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae. Burbark is a common name for plants in this genus.
Hermannia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises at least 65 species with many more species as yet unresolved.
Portulacaria carrissoana is a shrubby succulent plant found on the border between Namibia and Angola.
Antizoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Beirnaertia cabindensis is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It is a liana native to Cabinda, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo in west-central tropical Africa. It is the sole species in genus Beirnaertia.
Chytranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. It includes 32 species of small trees and shrubs native to tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea eastwards to Kenya and Tanzania and south to Angola. Most species have a palm-like habit, with large pinnate leaves and unbranched trunks.
Deinbollia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Pancovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Ritchiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Capparaceae.
Ochthocosmus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ixonanthaceae.
Pinacopodium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Erythroxylaceae.
Dialytheca is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae. The only species is Dialytheca gossweileri.
Heterosamara is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.
