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Apodiscus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Antidesmatoideae
Tribe:	Antidesmateae
Subtribe:	Martretiinae
Genus:	Apodiscus Hutch.
Species:	A. chevalieri
Binomial name
Apodiscus chevalieri Hutch.

Apodiscus is a genus of trees belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1912. It contains only one known species, Apodiscus chevalieri, native to tropical West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and possibly Sierra Leone).

References

1. Williams, E.; Cheek, M. (2019). "Apodiscus chevalieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T87754196A87754209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T87754196A87754209.en. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
2. "Tropicos | Name - Apodiscus Hutch". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
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.

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• Monotypic Malpighiales genera
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