Hymenocardia

Hymenocardia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Hymenocardieae
Genus: Hymenocardia
Synonyms[1]

Samaropyxis Miq.

Hymenocardia is a genus of trees in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836.[2][3] Most of the species are native to Africa, with one in Southeast Asia.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Hymenocardia acida - from Gambia to Ethiopia to Mozambique
  2. Hymenocardia heudelotii - W + C Africa
  3. Hymenocardia lyrata - W Africa
  4. Hymenocardia punctata - Mishmi Hills, Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  5. Hymenocardia ripicola - Cameroon, Congo, Zaïre
  6. Hymenocardia ulmoides - C + E + S Africa
formerly included[1]

moved to Mallotus

  • Hymenocardia plicata - Mallotus plicatus

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Lindley, John. 1836. A Natural System of Botany 441
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.
  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.
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Hymenocardia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.


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