Manniophyton

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: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Aleuritideae
Subtribus: Crotonogyninae
Genus: Manniophyton
Species: M. fulvum
, 1864
Name

Manniophyton Müll.Arg., 1911.

Type species: Manniophyton africanum Müll. Arg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zaïre

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

Müller Argoviensis, J., 1864. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 2: 332

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Manniophyton in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Manniophyton. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Manniophyton in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Manniophyton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2020.

Vernacular names

Manniophyton is a genus of lianas of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) described as a genus in 1864.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Manniophyton fulvum, native to tropical western and central Africa from Guinea to Angola.[1][4][5][6][7] It is dioecious.[8]

Formerly included

moved to Crotonogyne

Manniophyton angustifolium - Crotonogyne parvifolia

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 47: 530-531 in Latin
Tropicos Manniophyton Müll. Arg.
Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.