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Apodiscus

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Apodiscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Antidesmateae
Subtribe: Martretiinae
Genus: Apodiscus
Hutch.
Species:
A. chevalieri
Binomial name
Apodiscus chevalieri

Apodiscus is a genus of trees belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1912.[1] It contains only one known species, Apodiscus chevalieri, native to tropical West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and possibly Sierra Leone).[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Apodiscus Hutch". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  2. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.