Hylodendron
Appearance
Hylodendron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
Tribe: | Detarieae |
Genus: | Hylodendron Taub. (1894) |
Species: | H. gabunense
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Binomial name | |
Hylodendron gabunense Taub. (1894)
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Hylodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Hylodendron gabunense, a tree native to Nigeria and west-central tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo), where it grows in Guineo-Congolian forest. It is a tall and thin-boled tree with sharp buttresses, and is armed with woody spines.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Hylodendron gabunense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T144295739A149028494. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144295739A149028494.en. Accessed 2 September 2023.
- ^ Hylodendron gabunense Taub. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.