Phyllocosmus

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: Ixonanthaceae
Genus: Phyllocosmus
Species: P. africanus – P. calothyrsus – P. congolensis – P. lemaireanus – P. sessiliflorus
Name

Phyllocosmus Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1856: 232, t. 1. (1857)

Type species: Phyllocosmus africanus Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1856: 233. (1857)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pentacocca Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(1): 600. (1863)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

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

Klotzsch, J.F. 1857. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 232, t. 1.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phyllocosmus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Phyllocosmus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Phyllocosmus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 12 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Phyllocosmus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Dec. 2019.

Vernacular names

Phyllocosmus is a genus of small trees in the family Ixonanthaceae native to tropical Africa. It is closely related to the South American genus Ochthocosmus and was once considered to be a part of it.[1]
References

Forman, L. L. (1965). "A New Genus of Ixonanthaceae with Notes on the Family". Kew Bulletin. 19 (3): 517–526. doi:10.2307/4108215. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4108215.