Dactyladenia Explained

Dactyladenia is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae. They are distributed in western and central Africa, from Liberia to Angola.^[1] There are about 31 species.^[2]

The genus was first described by Friedrich Welwitsch in his work Apontamentos Fito-geograficos sobre a Flora da Provincia de Angola na Africa Equinocial (1859).^[3]

Species^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dactyladenia. 15 January 2014. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2. Jongkind, C. C. (2012). Description of Dactyladenia globosa (Chrysobalanaceae), a new tree species from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 145(1), 126-128.
3. Web site: Dactyladenia . 15 January 2014 . Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden.