Oldfieldia

Oldfieldia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe: Paiveusinae
Genus: Oldfieldia
Benth. & Hook.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Paivaeusa Welw. ex Benth.
  • Cecchia Chiov.

Oldfieldia is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, the only member of its subtribe (Paiveusinae). It was described as a genus in 1850.[2][3]

Oldfieldia is endemic to Africa.[1]

species[1]
  1. Oldfieldia africana Benth. & Hook.f. - Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic
  2. Oldfieldia dactylophylla (Welw. ex Oliv.) J.Léonard - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
  3. Oldfieldia macrocarpa J.Léonard - Zaïre
  4. Oldfieldia somalensis (Chiov.) Milne-Redh - Somali, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Bentham, George & Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1850. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2: 184-186 description in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Oldfieldia Benth. & Hook. f.


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