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]
Apodiscus | |
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Scientific 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 Hutch. | |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Apodiscus | |
Apodiscus chevalieri |
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