Keayodendron

Keayodendron is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1959.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Keayodendron bridelioides, native to tropical western and Central Africa (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic).[1]

Keayodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Keayodendrinae
Genus: Keayodendron
Leandri
Species:
K. bridelioides
Binomial name
Keayodendron bridelioides
(Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalz.) Leandri
Synonyms[1]
  • Casearia bridelioides Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Casearia bridelioides Gilg ex Engl.
  • Drypetes sassandraensis Aubrév.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 105: 517
  3. Tropicos, Keayodendron Leandri


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