Bridelia mollis

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Bridelia mollis
Bridelia micrantha leaves 12 08 2010.JPG
Bridelia micrantha leaves
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Bridelia
Species:
B. mollis
Binomial name
Bridelia mollis
Hutch.

Bridelia mollis is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to southern Africa (Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, and Limpopo). [1] [2] [3] [4]

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  1. Vitellariopsis cuneata(Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania
  2. Vitellariopsis dispar(N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Vitellariopsis ferrugineaKupicha - Zimbabwe
  4. Vitellariopsis kirkii(Baker) Dubard - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya
  5. Vitellariopsis marginata(N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa
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Strelitzia caudata, commonly known as the mountain strelitzia or wild banana, is a species of banana-like Strelitzia from Africa from the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe south to Mozambique, the Northern Provinces of South Africa and Eswatini (Swaziland). It was first described in 1946 by Robert Allen Dyer in Flowering Plants of Africa, Volume 25, Plate 997. The specific epithet caudata means chopped, this refers to an appendage of a sepal, which occurs only in this species. It is one of three large banana-like Strelitzia species, all of which are native to southern Africa, the other two being S. alba and S. nicolai.

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<i>Bridelia micrantha</i> species of plant

Bridelia micrantha, the mitzeeri or the coastal golden-leaf, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae and is native to tropical and southern Africa as well as to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

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<i>Diplorhynchus</i> genus of plants

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Vitellariopsis marginata is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland.

References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  2. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  4. "Bridelia mollis Hutch. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.