Duboscia

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Duboscia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Duboscia
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Species
Synonyms[1]

Diplanthemum K.Schum.

Duboscia is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs in western and west-central tropical Africa from Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG classification it is now placed in the Malvaceae.

The genus was first described by Henri Théophile Bocquillon in 1866.[2]

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