Dinklageodoxa
Genus of flowering plants
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Dinklageodoxa is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It contains just 1 species, Dinklageodoxa scandens.[1]
| Dinklageodoxa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Dinklageodoxa Heine & Sandwith |
| Species: | D. scandens |
| Binomial name | |
| Dinklageodoxa scandens Heine & Sandwith | |
Its native range is Liberia in Africa.[1]
The genus name of Dinklageodoxa is in honour of Max Julius Dinklage (1864–1935), a German merchant who collected plants in West Africa.[2] The Latin specific epithet scandens means "to climb". It was first published by Heine & Sandwith in Kew Bull. Vol.16 on page 223 in 1962.[3]