Callichilia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Callichilia
Species: C. barteri – C. basileis – C. bequaertii – C. inaequalis – C. monopodialis – C. subsessilis
Name

Callichilia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 130 (1902)

Type species: Callichilia subsessilis (Benth.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 132 (1902)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Hedranthera (Stapf) Pichon, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 225 (1948)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo.
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Stapf, O. 1902. Flora of Tropical Africa. London 4(1): 130.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Callichilia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Callichilia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 20 2017.

Callichilia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.
Species

As of July 2020, Plants of the World Online accepts these species:[1]

Callichilia barteri (Hook.f.) Stapf - Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Callichilia basileis Beentje - Nigeria, Cameroon
Callichilia bequaertii De Wild. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Callichilia inaequalis Stapf - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
Callichilia monopodialis (K.Schum) Stapf - Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo
Callichilia subsessilis (Benth.) Stapf - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo

References

"Callichilia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 July 2020.