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Multidentia
Genus of plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
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Distribution
Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.[1]
Taxonomy
It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.[1][2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.
Species
- Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
- Multidentia exserta Bridson
- Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
- Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
- Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
- Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
- Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson
References
External links
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