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Multidentia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Gentianales

Rank
  
Genus

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Family
  
Rubiaceae

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

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Distribution

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

Taxonomy

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

Species

  • Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson
  • References

    Multidentia Wikipedia