Lingelsheimia is a plant genus in the families Phyllanthaceae (and previously placed in the family Putranjivaceae), first described as a genus in 1909. It is native to central Africa and Madagascar.[1][2]

Lingelsheimia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Genus: Lingelsheimia
Pax
Synonyms[1]
  • Danguyodrypetes Leandri
  • Aerisilvaea Radcl.-Sm.
Species[1]
  1. Lingelsheimia abbayesii (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  2. Lingelsheimia ambigua (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  3. Lingelsheimia fiherenensis (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  4. Lingelsheimia frutescens Pax - Gabon, Zaire
  5. Lingelsheimia manongarivensis (Leandri) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
  6. Lingelsheimia sylvestris (Radcl.-Sm.) Radcl.-Sm. - Tanzania

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ 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.