Heywoodia

Heywoodia is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1907.^[1][2] It contains only one known species, Heywoodia lucens, native to eastern, southeastern, and southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Cape Province).^[3]

Heywoodia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Wielandieae
Subtribe:	Astrocasiinae
Genus:	Heywoodia Sim
Species:	H. lucens
Binomial name
Heywoodia lucens Sim