Saxicolella

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Saxicolella is a genus of flowering plant in family Podostemaceae.[2] It includes eight species native to west and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to Angola.[1]

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Saxicolella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Saxicolella
Engl. (1926)
Species[1]

8; see text

Synonyms[1]

Butumia G.Taylor (1953)

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Species

Eight species are accepted.[1]

  • Saxicolella angola Cheek
  • Saxicolella deniseae Cheek
  • Saxicolella flabellata (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
  • Saxicolella futa Cheek
  • Saxicolella ijim Cheek
  • Saxicolella marginalis (G. Taylor) C.Cusset ex Cheek
  • Saxicolella nana Engl.
  • Saxicolella submersa (J.B.Hall) C.D.K.Cook & Rutish.

Etymology

Saxicolella comes from the Latin "saxum", meaning "a rock" or "stone", and "-cola", meaning "inhabitant" or "resident".[2]

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