Crateranthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Napoleonaeoideae
Genus: Crateranthus
Species: C. cameroonensis – C. congolensis – C. le-testui – C. talbotii
Name

Crateranthus Baker f. in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 35 (1913)

Type species: Crateranthus talbotii Baker f. in A.B.Rendle, Cat. Pl. Oban: 36 (1913)

Name

Baker, E.G. 1913. Catalogue of Talbot's Nigerian Plants 35.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Crateranthus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 28 2016.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Crateranthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 28. Reference page.

Crateranthus is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1913.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo).[4][5]

Species[1]

Crateranthus cameroonensis Cheek & Prance – Cameroon
Crateranthus congolensis Lecomte – Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo
Crateranthus le-testui Lecomte – Gabon, Republic of Congo
Crateranthus talbotii Baker f. – Cameroon, Gabon, southern Nigeria

References

"Crateranthus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
Baker, Edmund Gilbert. 1913. Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district South Nigeria 35
Tropicos, Crateranthus Baker f.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.