Kingdom Plantae Rank Genus | Family Lecythidaceae Order Ericales | |
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Petersianthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1865 under the name Petersia. This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that it had already been used by someone else to refer to a very different plant. So the name of these species in the Lecythidaceae was changed to Petersianthus. It is native to the Philippines and to parts of Africa.
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- Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon, Angola
- Petersianthus quadrialatus (Merr.) Merr. - Philippines
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