Duboscia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Grewieae
Genus: Duboscia
Species: D. macrocarpa – D. viridiflora
Name

Duboscia Bocq., Adansonia 7: 50 (1866)

Type species: Duboscia macrocarpa Bocq., Adansonia 7: 50. (1866)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Diplanthemum K.Schum.

References

Bocquillon, H.T. 1866. Adansonia; recueil (périodique) d'observations botaniques 7: 50.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Duboscia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Duboscia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Duboscia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec. 2020.

Duboscia is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs from the Ivory Coast to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG classification it is now placed in the Malvaceae.

The genus was first described by Henri Théophile Bocquillon in 1866.[1]
References

Bocquillon, H. T. in Baillon, H. E., (1866), Adansonia 7:50