Allanblackia
Allanblackia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that is it nested in Garcinia.[1]
Allanblackia | |
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A. stuhlmannii, from Vegetation der Erde (1910) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Clusiaceae |
Tribe: | Garcinieae |
Genus: | Allanblackia Oliv. ex Benth. |
It contains the following species:
- Allanblackia floribunda (Nigeria to DR Congo and Angola)
- Allanblackia gabonensis
- Allanblackia kimbiliensis
- Allanblackia kisonghi
- Allanblackia marienii
- Allanblackia parviflora (Upper Guinea, from Ghana westwards)
- Allanblackia staneriana
- Allanblackia stuhlmannii (Eastern arc mountains -Usambara Tanzania)
- Allanblackia ulugurensis (Eastern arc mountains -Uluguru Tanzania)
Uses
Allanblackia can be processed into Allanblackia oil
References
- Ruhfel, B. R., V. Bittrich, C. P. Bove, M. H. G. Gustafsson, C. T. Philbrick, R. Rutishauser, Z. Xi, and C. C. Davis (2011). Phylogeny of the Clusioid Clade (Malpighiales): Evidence from the Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes. American Journal of Botany 98: 306–25.
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