Anopyxis
| Anopyxis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Rhizophoraceae |
| Genus: | Anopyxis (Pierre) Engl. |
| Species: | A. klaineana
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| Binomial name | |
| Anopyxis klaineana (Pierre) Engl.
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Anopyxis is a genus of flowering plants in the Rhizophoraceae family.[2] It contains a single species, Anopyxis klaineana, a tree native to West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria) and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic).[3] It grows in lowland evergreen rain forest.[1]
The species was first described as Macarisia klaineana by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1898. In 1900 Adolf Engler placed the species in genus Anopyxis as A. klaineana.[3]
References
- ^ a b Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Anopyxis klaineana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T33036A9752113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33036A9752113.en. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Anopyxis (Pierre) Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "Anopyxis klaineana (Pierre) Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2026.