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Psydrax livida

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Species of tree

Green-twigs quar
In northern Gauteng, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Psydrax
Species: P. livida
Binomial name
Psydrax livida
(Hiern) Bridson
Synonyms
  • Canthium clityophyllum Bullock
  • C. gymnosporioides Launert
  • C. huillense Hiern
  • Plectronia heliotropiodora K.Schum. & K.Krause
  • P. huillensis (Hiern) K.Schum.
  • P. junodii Burtt Davy
  • et al.

Psydrax livida (green-twigs quar) is an Afrotropical shrub or small tree in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in eastern and southern Africa, including Burundi, Kenya, the DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, northern Namibia and northern South Africa. It is deciduous or evergreen, and its green branches have an opposite and horizontal arrangement.

Gallery

  • Inflorescence Inflorescence
  • Infrutescence Infrutescence
  • Foliage and infrutescences Foliage and infrutescences

References

  1. "Psydrax livida (Hiern) Bridson, Synonyms". ThePlantList (2010). Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Psydrax livida". Category: Trees. Operation Wildflower. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. Bridson, D. "Psydrax livida (Hiern) Bridson". Flora Zambesiaca, volume:5 part:2 (1998) Rubiaceae. Kew RBG. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. Hyde, M.A.; et al. "Psydrax livida (Hiern) Bridson". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

External links

Media related to Psydrax lividus at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Psydrax lividus
Canthium lividum
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