Spondianthus

Spondianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Antidesmeae
Subtribe: Spondianthinae
Genus: Spondianthus
Engl.
Binomial name
Spondianthus preussii
Engl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Megabaria Pierre ex Hutch
  • Megabaria trillesii Pierre ex Hutch.
  • Spondianthus glaber Engl.
  • Spondianthus preussii var. glaber (Engl.) Engl.
  • Megabaria ugandensis Hutch.
  • Thecacoris trillesii Beille
  • Spondianthus ugandensis (Hutch.) Hutch.

Spondianthus is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the subtribe Spondianthinae. It was first described as a genus in 1905.[2][3] The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique.[1]

subspecies[1]
  1. Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber (Engl.) J.Léonard & Nkounkou - from Nigeria to Tanzania south to Angola; also Guinea, Ivory Coast
  2. Spondianthus preussii subsp. preussii - from Liberia to Zaire
formerly included[1]

moved to: Protomegabaria

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1905. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 36: 215-216 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Spondianthus Engl.