Saharanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Saharanthus M.B.Crespo & Lledó, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132(2): 169 (2000).

Type species: Saharanthus ifniensis (Caball.) M.B.Crespo & Lledó Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132(2): 169 (2000).

Homotypic
- Lerrouxia Caball., Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. No. 28, 13 (1935), nom. illeg. non Lerouxia Mérat (1812)
- Caballeroa Font Quer, Cavanillesia 7: 150. (1935), nom. inval.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco, Western Sahara. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Applequist, W.L. 2013. Report of the nomenclature committee for vascular plants: 65. Taxon 62(6): 1315-1326. DOI: 10.12705/626.49 Reference page.
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