Biology:Atractogyne

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Short description: Genus of plants

Atractogyne
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Sherbournieae
Genus: Atractogyne
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Type species
Atractogyne gabonii
Pierre
Synonyms
  • Afrohamelia Wernham

Atractogyne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in western and western-central tropical Africa.[1][2]

Species

Two species are currently recognised:[1]

  • Atractogyne bracteata (Wernham) Hutch. & Dalziel[3][4] - Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon
  • Atractogyne gabonii Pierre[2] - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Atractogyne in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Atractogyne. Retrieved 10 June 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. 1896. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1262.
  3. Hutchinson, John & Dalziel, John McEwan. 1931. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2:98 Atractogyne bracteata
  4. Wernham, Herbert Fuller. 1913. Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district South Nigeria p 44, Afrohamelia bracteata

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4817488 entry