Protomegabaria

<i>Protomegabaria</i>

Protomegabaria

Genus of flowering plants

Protomegabaria is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1911.[1][2] It is native to western and central Africa.[3][4] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]

Species[3]
  1. Protomegabaria macrophylla (Pax) Hutch. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
  2. Protomegabaria meiocarpa J.Léonard - Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  3. Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch. - West Africa (Liberia to Republic of the Congo)

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References

  1. [1]
    Hutchinson. 1911. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 30, t. 2929
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Protomegabaria Hutch.
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [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.
  5. [5]
    Breteler, Frans J. (2014). "Protomegabaria Hutch. (Phyllanthaceae): Some observations concerning its morphology, taxonomy and geography". Adansonia. 36: 103–112. doi:10.5252/a2014n1a9. S2CID 129373317.


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