Exochaenium
Genus of flowering plants
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The genus Exochaenium (23 species) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with species occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions of the continent, particularly on the Katanga plateau (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia), with many extending to the Sudano-Zambesian and Guineo-Congolian regions.[1][2] The genus is monophyletic[3] and is used to study the variation and evolution of herkogamy.[4]
| Exochaenium | |
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| Exochaenium grande | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe: | Exaceae |
| Genus: | Exochaenium Griseb. |
| Type species | |
| Exochaenium grande (E.Mey.) Griseb. | |
| Species | |
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See species list below. | |
Species
- Exochaenium alatum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
- Exochaenium baumianum (Gilg) Schinz
- Exochaenium caudatum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
- Exochaenium clavatum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling[2]
- Exochaenium debile Welw.
- Exochaenium dimidiatum (Sileshi) Kissling
- Exochaenium exiguum A.W.Hill
- Exochaenium fernandesianum (Paiva and Nogueira) Kissling
- Exochaenium gracile (Welw.) Schinz
- Exochaenium grande (E.Mey.) Griseb.
- Exochaenium hockii (De Wild.) Kissling
- Exochaenium lineariforme (Sileshi) Kissling
- Exochaenium macropterum (Sileshi) Kissling
- Exochaenium natalense (Schinz) Kissling and K.W.Grieve[5]
- Exochaenium oliganthum (Gilg) Kissling
- Exochaenium perparvum (Sileshi) Kissling
- Exochaenium platypterum (Baker) Schinz
- Exochaenium primulaeflorum Welw.
- Exochaenium pumilum (Baker) Hill
- Exochaenium pygmaeum Milne-Redhead
- Exochaenium rotundifolium (Peter) Kissling
- Exochaenium teucszii (Schinz) Schinz
- Exochaenium wildemanianum (Boutique) Kissling