Ricinodendron
Ricinodendron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
Tribe: | Ricinodendreae |
Genus: | Ricinodendron Müll.Arg. |
Binomial name | |
Ricinodendron heudelotii | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[2][3] It includes only one known species Njangsa (Ricinodendron heudelotii), native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola.[1]
The mongongo fruit (Schinziophyton rautanenii) was previously considered a member of this genus but has since been placed into a genus of its own.
- subspecies and varieties[1]
- Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. africanum (Müll.Arg.) J.Léonard - tropical Africa from Nigeria east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola
- Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. heudelotii - W Africa from Senegal to Benin
- Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm. - Kenya, Tanzania
- formerly included[1]
moved to Schinziophyton
- R. rautanenii - Schinziophyton rautanenii
- R. viticoides - Schinziophyton rautanenii
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