| Triplochiton | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Helicteroideae |
| Tribe: | Helictereae |
| Genus: |
Triplochiton K.Schum. |
| Synonyms | |
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Samba Roberty | |
Triplochiton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. [1] It is a small genus of trees comprising tall tropical African trees with palmately lobed alternate leaves like those of the maple.
It is native to Tropical Africa, and found in the countries of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. [1]
Known species
As accepted by Kew; [1]
- Triplochiton scleroxylon K.Schum. (African whitewood, Obeche and others, [2] )
- Triplochiton zambesiacus Milne-Redh.
It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 330 in 1900. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Triplochiton K.Schum. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Dominique Louppe (Editor) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA), Timbers 1 (2008), p. 569, at Google Books
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| Triplochiton | |
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|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Helicteroideae |
| Tribe: | Helictereae |
| Genus: |
Triplochiton K.Schum. |
| Synonyms | |
|
Samba Roberty | |
Triplochiton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. [1] It is a small genus of trees comprising tall tropical African trees with palmately lobed alternate leaves like those of the maple.
It is native to Tropical Africa, and found in the countries of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. [1]
Known species
As accepted by Kew; [1]
- Triplochiton scleroxylon K.Schum. (African whitewood, Obeche and others, [2] )
- Triplochiton zambesiacus Milne-Redh.
It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 330 in 1900. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Triplochiton K.Schum. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Dominique Louppe (Editor) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA), Timbers 1 (2008), p. 569, at Google Books
| Authority control databases: National |
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| This Malvaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |