Oldfieldia

Oldfieldia
Oldfieldia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe: Paiveusinae
Genus: Oldfieldia
Benth. & Hook.
Species
  • Oldfieldia africana

etc.

Oldfieldia is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, the only of its subtribe (Paiveusinae).

The genus includes Cecchia Chiov. and Paivaeusa Welw..



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