Keayodendron
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 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
  4. ↑ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
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