Multidentia

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

References

  1. 1 2 Bridson DM (1987). "The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin 42: 641–654. doi:10.2307/4110069.
  2. Gilli von A (1973). "Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 77: 15–57.

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