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338.0000 Family Phyllanthaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 369 (1820), nom. cons.
58 genera, ca. 2200 spp.
Species listed in database: 2113; hybrids: 5
= Antidesmataceae Loudon; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 534 (1830)
= Aporosaceae Lindl. ex Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 2: 265 (1854)
= Bischofiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 252 (1965)
= Hymenocardiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 261 (1965)
= Porantheraceae Hurus.; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 224 (1954)
= Scepaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 171 (1836)
= Stilaginaceae C.Agardh; Aphor. Bot. 199 (1824)
= Uapacaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 270 (1965)
338.1622 Genus Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441 (1836)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa (4), tropical Asia
Species listed in database: 6
= Samaropyxis Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 464 (1860)
species :
Hymenocardia acida Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 15: 256 (1851)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; S-Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia granulata Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 62 (1908)
= Hymenocardia lanceolata Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 63 (1908)
= Hymenocardia mollis var. glabra Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 528 (1893)
= Hymenocardia obovata A.Chev. & Beille; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 114: 1294 (1907), nomen, et Beille in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 62 (1908), descr.
variant :
var. mollis (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 28: 324 (1973)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 RWA ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia lasiophylla Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 79 (1894)
= Hymenocardia mollis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 528 (1893)
= Hymenocardia mollis var. lasiophylla (Pax) Pax; Pflanzenreich [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 76 (1922)
species :
Hymenocardia heudelotii Müll.Arg.; Flora 47: 518 (1864)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; ?Togo; Nigeria; Central African Republic
22 BKN GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 CAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia guineensis Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 63 (1908)
variant :
var. chevalieri (Beille) J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 405 (1963)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; S-Chad
22 GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI SIE 24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia chevalieri Beille; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 61 (1908)
species :
Hymenocardia lyrata Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 15: 256 (1851)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR SEN SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia beillei A.Chev., Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 286 (1928)
= Hymenocardia beillei A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 567 (1920), nomen
species :
Hymenocardia punctata Wall. ex Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441 (1836)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Pahang); Sumatera; Borneo
40 IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia laotica Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 70: 436 (1923)
= Hymenocardia wallichii Tul.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 15: 256 (1851)
= Hymenocardia wallichii var. dasycarpa Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 5(1): 546 (1927)
= Samaropyxis elliptica Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 465 (1861)
species :
Hymenocardia ripicola J.Léonard; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 406 (1963)
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON ZAI
species :
Hymenocardia ulmoides Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1131 (1873)
Name: Red-heart Tree
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; ?South Sudan; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal)
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Hymenocardia capensis (Pax) Hutch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 334 (1920)
= Hymenocardia poggei Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 529 (1893)
= Hymenocardia similis Pax & K.Hoffm.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 18 (1921) (in obs.), et Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.147.XV, Heft 81 (Euph.-Phyllantheae): 74 (1922)
= Hymenocardia ulmoides var. capensis Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 22 (1899)
= Hymenocardia ulmoides var. longistyla De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 3: 447 (1926)
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