Multidentia
Genus of plants
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Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
| Multidentia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialypetalanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
| Genus: | Multidentia Gilli |
| Type species | |
| Multidentia concrescens (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc. | |
Distribution
Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.[1]
Taxonomy
It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.[1][2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.
Species
- Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
- Multidentia exserta Bridson
- Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
- Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
- Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
- Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
- Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson
