Anthostema

<i>Anthostema</i>

Anthostema

Genus of plants

Anthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824.[1][2] It is native to Africa and Madagascar.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Anthostema aubryanum Baill. - W + C Africa from Ivory Coast to Cabinda
  2. Anthostema madagascariense Baill. - Madagascar
  3. Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. - W Africa from Senegal to Benin

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References

  1. [1]
    Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 56
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Anthostema A. Juss.
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [4]
    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.


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