Psorospermum

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: Hypericaceae
Genus: Psorospermum
Species: P. adamauense – P. affine – P. alternifolium – P. androsaemifolium – P. atrorufum – P. aurantiacum – P. baumii – P. brachypodum – P. bullatum – P. cerasifolium – P. chevalieri – P. chionanthifolium – P. cornifolium – P. corymbiferum – P. crenatum – P. densipunctatum – P. fanerana – P. febrifugum – P. ferrovestitum – P. glaberrimum – P. glaucum – P. guineense – P. humile – P. lamianum – P. lanatum – P. lanceolatum – P. laurentii – P. malifolium – P. mechowii – P. membranaceum – P. membranifolium – P. molluscum – P. nanum – P. nervosum – P. orientale – P. parviflorum – P. periclitatum – P. revolutum – P. rienanense – P. rubrifolium – P. sambiranense – P. senegalense – P. sexlineatum – P. staudtii – P. stenophyllum – P. suffruticosum – P. tenuifolium – P. torrei – P. trichophyllum – P. versicolor
Name

Psorospermum Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 5: 157. (1836)

Type species: non design.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Trop. Africa, Madagascar

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

Spach, É. 1836. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique série 2, 5: 157.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Psorospermum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Psorospermum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Psorospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Mar. 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Psorospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Psorospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae.
Species

The following 15 species are in the genus Psorospermum:[1]

Psorospermum alternifolium Hook.f.
Psorospermum baumii Engl.
Psorospermum cerasifolium Baker
Psorospermum chionanthifolium Spach
Psorospermum crenatum (Pers.) Hochr.
Psorospermum fanerana Baker
Psorospermum febrifugum Spach
Psorospermum glaberrimum Hochr.
Psorospermum lanceolatum (Choisy) Hochr.
Psorospermum laxiflorum (Engl.) Engl.
Psorospermum mechowii Engl.
Psorospermum molluscum (Pers.) Hochr.
Psorospermum revolutum (Choisy) Hochr.
Psorospermum senegalense Spach
Psorospermum tenuifolium Hook.f.

References

"Psorospermum — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-12-11.