Kaliphora

Taxobox
name = "Kaliphora madagascariensis"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Montiniaceae (Kaliphoraceae)
genus = "Kaliphora"
species = "K. madagascarensis"
binomial = "Kaliphora madagascariensis"
binomial_authority = Hook.f.

"Kaliphora madagascarensis" is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it inhabits subhumid woodlands and forests in eastern Madagascar, in the provinces of Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, and Mahajanga.

"K. madagascarensis" is the sole species of genus "Kaliphora". Some recent classification systems, including the APG II, classify the genus as part of family Montiniaceae; other systems, including that of Armen Takhtajan, classify "Kaliphora" in its own family, Kaliphoraceae.

External links

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=220007024 "Kaliphora madagascariensis" in efloras.org]