Multidentia

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Multidentia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Vanguerieae
Genus:	Multidentia Gilli
Type species
Multidentia concrescens (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.

Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

Distribution

Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.^[1]

Taxonomy

It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.^[1]^[2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.

Species

Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
Multidentia exserta Bridson
Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
Multidentia pobequinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Bridson DM (1987). "The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin 42: 641–654.
↑ Gilli von A (1973). "Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 77: 15–57.

External links

World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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