Dactyladenia is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae. They are distributed in western and central Africa, from Liberia to Angola.[1] There are about 31 species.[2]
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| Dactyladenia cinerea herbarium specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Dactyladenia Welw. |
| Type species | |
| Dactyladenia floribunda | |
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The genus was first described by Friedrich Welwitsch in his work Apontamentos Fito-geograficos sobre a Flora da Provincia de Angola na Africa Equinocial (1859).[3]
- Species[1]
- Dactyladenia barteri
- Dactyladenia bellayana
- Dactyladenia buchneri
- Dactyladenia campestris
- Dactyladenia chevalieri
- Dactyladenia cinerea
- Dactyladenia dewevrei
- Dactyladenia dichotoma
- Dactyladenia dinklagei
- Dactyladenia eketensis
- Dactyladenia floretii
- Dactyladenia floribunda
- Dactyladenia gilletii
- Dactyladenia globosa[2]
- Dactyladenia hirsuta
- Dactyladenia icondere
- Dactyladenia johnstonei
- Dactyladenia jongkindii
- Dactyladenia laevis
- Dactyladenia lehmbachii
- Dactyladenia letestui
- Dactyladenia librevillensis
- Dactyladenia mannii
- Dactyladenia ndjoleensis
- Dactyladenia pallescens
- Dactyladenia pierrei
- Dactyladenia sapinii
- Dactyladenia scabrifolia
- Dactyladenia smeathmannii
- Dactyladenia staudtii
- Dactyladenia whytei
References
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- ^ a b c "Dactyladenia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b Jongkind, C. C. (2012). Description of Dactyladenia globosa (Chrysobalanaceae), a new tree species from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 145(1), 126-128.
- ^ "Dactyladenia". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 15 January 2014.