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Genus: Hyperacanthus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales >  Family: Rubiaceae

The 2 species occur in tropical Africa with both of them having distributions extending into southern Africa.

Publications

  • Bridson, D.M. & Robbrecht, E. 1985. Validation of the African genus Hyperacanthus E.Mey. (Rubiaceae tribe Gardenieae). Kew Bulletin 40: 273-286.

 

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