Afrocanthium | |
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A. gilfillanii in South Africa | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
Genus: |
Afrocanthium ( Bridson) Lantz & B.Bremer |
Type species | |
Afrocanthium lactescens |
Afrocanthium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of deciduous, unarmed trees, and shrubs. They are native to East Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa. [1]
Afrocanthium was first recognized as a distinct group in 1991, when it was named as a subgenus of Canthium. [2] It was described and compared to the other subgenera in 1992. [1] In 2004, a molecular phylogenetic study of DNA sequences showed that Afrocanthium is monophyletic and not most closely related to the other subgenera of Canthium. [3] The authors of this study raised Afrocanthium, unaltered, to generic status. It is sister to Keetia, a genus that was segregated from Canthium in 1986. [4]
Afrocanthium | |
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A. gilfillanii in South Africa | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
Genus: |
Afrocanthium ( Bridson) Lantz & B.Bremer |
Type species | |
Afrocanthium lactescens |
Afrocanthium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of deciduous, unarmed trees, and shrubs. They are native to East Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa. [1]
Afrocanthium was first recognized as a distinct group in 1991, when it was named as a subgenus of Canthium. [2] It was described and compared to the other subgenera in 1992. [1] In 2004, a molecular phylogenetic study of DNA sequences showed that Afrocanthium is monophyletic and not most closely related to the other subgenera of Canthium. [3] The authors of this study raised Afrocanthium, unaltered, to generic status. It is sister to Keetia, a genus that was segregated from Canthium in 1986. [4]