Sacleuxia
Genus of flowering plants
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Sacleuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae.[1] It is also in the Periplocoideae subfamily.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Clade: | Lamiids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Sacleuxia Baill. |
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It is native to Kenya and Tanzania in eastern Tropical Africa.[1]
The genus name of Sacleuxia is in honour of Charles Sacleux (1856–1943), a French Catholic missionary and linguist. He is known also as a botanist, having collected a herbarium of over 2000 plants in East Africa and Zanzibar.[2] It was first described and published in Hist. Pl. Vol.10 on page 265 in 1890.[1]
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they note it could be a possible synonym of Cryptolepis R. Br.[3]
Known species
According to Kew;[1]
- Sacleuxia newii (Benth.) Bullock
- Sacleuxia tuberosa (E.A.Bruce) Bullock