Multidentia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Multidentia
Gilli
Type species
Multidentia concrescens
(Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.

Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

Distribution

Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.[1]

Taxonomy

It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.[1][2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.

Species

  • Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
  • Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
  • Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
  • Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
  • Multidentia exserta Bridson
  • Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
  • Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
  • Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
  • Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
  • Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson

References

  1. 1 2 Bridson DM (1987). "The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin. 42 (3): 641–654. doi:10.2307/4110069. JSTOR 4110069.
  2. ↑ Gilli von A (1973). "Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 77: 15–57.


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