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Genus of plants

Anthostema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subtribe: Anthosteminae
Genus: Anthostema
A.Juss.

Anthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and Madagascar.

Species
  1. Anthostema aubryanum Baill. - W + C Africa from Ivory Coast to Cabinda
  2. Anthostema madagascariense Baill. - Madagascar
  3. Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. - W Africa from Senegal to Benin

References

  1. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 56
  2. Tropicos, Anthostema A. Juss.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Taxon identifiers
Anthostema


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