Atroxima

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Carpolobieae
Genus: Atroxima
Species: A. afzeliana – A. liberica
Name

Atroxima Stapf J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 85. (1905)

Type species: Non designatus.

References

Stapf, O. 1905. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London 37: 85.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Atroxima. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 24.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atroxima. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 24 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Atroxima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar. 2016.

Atroxima is a plant genus in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is endemic to Western Tropical Africa.[1] It was first described in 1905 by Otto Stapf in the Journal of the Linnean Society.[2] It was initially in the Polygalaeae tribe before being split off with Carpolobia in 1992 to form the Carpolobieae tribe.[3] They are lianas or liana-like shrubs which produce shiny, orange, fleshy uni- to tri-locular berries, these can have an area of up to 5 by 5 by 4 centimetres (2.0 in × 2.0 in × 1.6 in).[4]
Species

As of July 2020, there are 2 accepted species:[1]

Atroxima afzeliana
Atroxima liberica

References

"Atroxima Stapf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
Australian National Herbarium; Harvard University; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. "Atroxima". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
Eriksen, Bente (1993). "Phylogeny of the Polygalaceae and its taxonomic implications". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 186 (1/2): 33–55. doi:10.1007/BF00937712. ISSN 0378-2697. JSTOR 23674643. S2CID 32590790.
"Journal of the Arnold Arbotretum". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Harvard University. 66 (1): 353. 1985. Retrieved July 5, 2020.