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Protorhus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Anacardiaceae

Order
  
Sapindales

Rank
  
Genus

Protorhus

Similar
  
Protorhus longifolia, Smodingium, Actinocheita, Ozoroa, Haplorhus peruviana

Protorhus is a small genus of Afrotropical trees in the Mango family.

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Taxonomy

Protorhus is placed in tribe Rhoeae, subfamily Anacardioideae in the Anacardiaceae family. The genus Abrahamia with 19 Madagascan taxa was separated from Protorhus in 2004.(Pell 2004)

Species

The species are:

  • Protorhus fulva Engl. – Madagascar
  • Protorhus longifolia (Bernh.) Engl. – South Africa
  • Formerly listed;

  • Protorhus buxifolia H. Perrier, transferred to Abrahamia buxifolia (H. Perrier) Randrian. & Lowry
  • References

    Protorhus Wikipedia