Multidentia Explained

Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

Distribution

Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.^[1]

Taxonomy

It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.^[2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.

Species

• Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
• Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
• Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
• Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
• Multidentia exserta Bridson
• Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
• Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
• Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
• Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
• Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Notes and References

1. Bridson DM. 1987. The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae). Kew Bulletin. 42. 3. 641–654. 10.2307/4110069. 4110069. 1987KewBu..42..641B .
2. Gilli von A. 1973. Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 77. 15–57.