Heywoodia
| Heywoodia lucens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Tribe: | Wielandieae |
| Genus: | Heywoodia Sim |
| Species: | H. lucens |
| Binomial name | |
| Heywoodia lucens Sim | |
Heywoodia is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1907.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Heywoodia lucens, native to eastern, southeastern, and southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Cape Province).[3]
References
- ↑ Thomas Robertson Sim. 1907. Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 326
- ↑ Tropicos, Heywoodia T. R. Sim
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families