Pseudolachnostylis

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Pseudolachnostylis
Kudu-berry (Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia) (11907355405).jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus: Pseudolachnostylis
Pax
Species:
P. maprouneifolia
Binomial name
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
Pax

Pseudolachnostylis is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1899. [1] [2] It contains only one known species, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia native to central and southern Africa. [3] Its common name is kudu berry, though the term also applies for Cassine aethiopica . In Zimbabwe it is called mutsonzowa (Shona) or Umqobampunzi (Ndebele).

varieties [3]

four varieties are recognized

  1. Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. dekindtii(Pax) Radcl.-Sm. - Katanga, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  2. Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. glabra(Pax) Brenan - Burundi, Zaire, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  3. Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia - Katanga, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi Strip
  4. Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. polygyna(Pax & K.Hoffm.) Radcl.-Sm. - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi

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References

  1. ↑ Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1899. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 19-20 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Pseudolachnostylis Pax". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  3. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.


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