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Cyclocotyla

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Cyclocotyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Willughbeieae
Subtribe: Leuconotidinae
Genus: Cyclocotyla
Stapf
Species:
C. congolensis
Binomial name
Cyclocotyla congolensis
Stapf
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclocotyla oligosperma Wernham
  • Alafia vermeulenii De Wild.

Cyclocotyla is a genus of plants first described in 1908. It contains only one known species, Cyclocotyla congolensis, native to central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1][2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  3. ^ Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  4. ^ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  5. ^ Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.