Anthostema

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Euphorbioideae
Tribus: Euphorbieae
Subtribus: Anthosteminae
Genus: Anthostema
Species: A. aubryanum – A. madagascariense – A. senegalense
Name

Anthostema A.Juss., Euphorb. Gen. 56 t. 18. (1824)

Type species: Anthostema senegalense A.Juss., Euphorb. Gen. 117. (1824)

References

Jussieu, A.H.L. de 1824. De Euphorbiacearum 56 t. 18.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Anthostema in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Anthostema. Published online. Accessed: July 3 2021.

Anthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824.[1][2] It is native to Africa and Madagascar.[3][4]

Species[3]

Anthostema aubryanum Baill. - W + C Africa from Ivory Coast to Cabinda
Anthostema madagascariense Baill. - Madagascar
Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. - W Africa from Senegal to Benin

References

Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 56
Tropicos, Anthostema A. Juss.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.