Anopyxis

Anopyxis is a genus of flowering plants in the Rhizophoraceae family.^[2] It contains a single species, Anopyxis klaineana, a tree native to West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria) and west-central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic).^[3] It grows in lowland evergreen rain forest.^[1]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Anopyxis
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Rhizophoraceae
Genus:	Anopyxis (Pierre) Engl.
Species:	A. klaineana
Binomial name
Anopyxis klaineana (Pierre) Engl.
Synonyms[2][3]
Pynaertia De Wild. Anopyxis ealaensis (De Wild.) Sprague Anopyxis occidentalis (A.Chev.) A.Chev. Macarisia klaineana Pierre (1898) (basionym) Pynaertia ealaensis De Wild. Pynaertia occidentalis A.Chev.

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The species was first described as Macarisia klaineana by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1898. In 1900 Adolf Engler placed the species in genus Anopyxis as A. klaineana.^[3]