Kingdom Plantae Family Euphorbiaceae Tribe Ricinodendreae Higher classification Euphorbiaceae | Order Malpighiales Subfamily Crotonoideae Scientific name Ricinodendron Rank Genus | |
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Similar Njangsa, Euphorbiaceae, Mongongo, Discoglypremna, Manniophyton | ||
Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species Njangsa (Ricinodendron heudelotii), native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola.
The mongongo fruit (Schinziophyton rautanenii) was previously considered a member of this genus but has since been placed into a genus of its own.
- Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. africanum (Müll.Arg.) J.Léonard - tropical Africa from Nigeria east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola
- Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. heudelotii - W Africa from Senegal to Benin
- Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm. - Kenya, Tanzania
moved to Schinziophyton
- R. rautanenii - Schinziophyton rautanenii
- R. viticoides - Schinziophyton rautanenii
References
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