Heywoodia

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: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Wielandieae
Subtribus: Astrocasiinae
Genus: Heywoodia
Species: H. lucens
Name

Heywoodia Sim, Forest Fl. Cape 326. (1907)

monotypic taxon

References

Sim, T.R. 1907. Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 326.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Heywoodia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 14. Reference page.
Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. 2007. Revision of Wielandia, including Blotia and Petalodiscus (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(3): 519-553. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[519:ROWIBA]2.0.CO;2 Paywall BHL Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 220. Heywoodia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 14 220.
Tropicos.org 2020. Heywoodia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Apr. 2020.

Heywoodia is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1907.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Heywoodia lucens, native to eastern, southeastern, and southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Cape Province).[3]
References

Thomas Robertson Sim. 1907. Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 326
"Tropicos | Name - Heywoodia T. R. Sim". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.