Phyllocosmus

Phyllocosmus africanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Ixonanthaceae
Genus: Phyllocosmus
Species: P. africanus – P. calothyrsus – P. congolensis – P. lemaireanus – P. sessiliflorus

Name

Phyllocosmus Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1856: 232, t. 1. (1857)

• Type species: Phyllocosmus africanus Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1856: 233. (1857)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pentacocca Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(1): 600. (1863)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Klotzsch, J.F. 1857. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 232, t. 1.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phyllocosmus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Phyllocosmus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Phyllocosmus. Published online. Accessed Dec. 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Phyllocosmus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 12 Dec. 2019.

Vernacular names

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