Duboscia

Duboscia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Duboscia
Bocq.
Species
Synonyms[1]

Diplanthemum K.Schum.

Duboscia is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs in western and west-central tropical Africa from Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG classification it is now placed in the Malvaceae.

The genus was first described by Henri Théophile Bocquillon in 1866.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Duboscia Bocq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. ^ Bocquillon, H. T. in Baillon, H. E., (1866), Adansonia 7:50