Keayodendron

Keayodendron
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Bridelieae
Subtribe:	Keayodendrinae
Genus:	Keayodendron Leandri
Species:	K. bridelioides
Binomial name
Keayodendron bridelioides (Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalz.) Leandri
Synonyms [2]
Casearia bridelioidesMildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel Casearia bridelioidesGilg ex Engl. Drypetes sassandraensisAubrév.

Keayodendron is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1959. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} It contains only one known species, Keayodendron bridelioides, native to tropical western and Central Africa (Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic). ^[2] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ^[7]

References

1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2022). "Keayodendron bridelioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T204798579A204798582. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T204798579A204798582.en . Retrieved June 13, 2025.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 105: 517
4. Tropicos, Keayodendron Leandri
5. "Keayodendron Leandri". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
6. "Keayodendron Leandri". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
7. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR   20443245.