Anopyxis

Anopyxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Rhizophoraceae
Genus: Anopyxis
(Pierre) Engl.
Species:
A. klaineana
Binomial name
Anopyxis klaineana
(Pierre) Engl.
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Pynaertia De Wild.
  • Anopyxis ealaensis (De Wild.) Sprague
  • Anopyxis occidentalis (A.Chev.) A.Chev.
  • Macarisia klaineana Pierre (1898) (basionym)
  • Pynaertia ealaensis De Wild.
  • Pynaertia occidentalis A.Chev.

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Anopyxis (Pierre) Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "Anopyxis klaineana (Pierre) Engl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2026.