Allanblackia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that is it nested in the dioecious Garcinia.[1] The genus name commemorates Allan Black.[2]
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| A. stuhlmannii, from Vegetation der Erde (1910) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
editAllanblackia can be processed into Allanblackia oil
References
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- ^ Ruhfel, Brad R.; Bittrich, Volker; Bove, Claudia P.; Gustafsson, Mats H. G.; Philbrick, C. Thomas; Rutishauser, Rolf; Xi, Zhenxiang; Davis, Charles C. (2011). "Phylogeny of the clusioid clade (Malpighiales): Evidence from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 98 (2): 306–325. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000354. PMID 21613119.
- ^ Oliver, Professor (1867). "Description of Three New Genera from West Tropical Africa, belonging to the Natural Orders Guttiferae, Olacineae and Celastraceae". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany. 10 (41): 42–44. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1867.tb00431.x.
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