Sarcocephalus

Sarcocephalus

Taxobox
name = "Sarcocephalus"
status =


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Sarcocephalus latifolius: illustrations C-F
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
genus = "Sarcocephalus"
genus_authority = Afzel. ex Sabine
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Sarcocephalus" is a genus of two species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, sometimes classified as Naucleaceae, native to tropical Africa.

"Sarcocephalus latifolius" has edible fruits, known as African peach, Guinea peach, Sierra Leone-peach, country-fig.

;Species
*"Sarcocephalus latifolius" (Syns.: "Sarcocephalus esculentus", "Sarcocephalus sambucinus", "Nauclea latifolia", "Nauclea esculenta")
*"Sarcocephalus pobeguinii"
* "Sarcocephalus esculentus"

References

*Mabberley, D.J.(1997):The Plant-Book, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, UK ISBN 0-521-41421-0
*Ridsdale, C. E. (1975):A synopsis of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae—Naucleeae."Blumea" 22:546. [Taxonomic revision of "Sarcocephalus"]
* [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/89/7/1027 Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. & Birgitta Bremer (2002):Phylogeny and Classification of Naucleeae S.L.(Rubiaceae) inferred from Molecular (ITS, RBCL, AND TRNT-F) and Morphological data.American Journal of Botany 89(7): 1027–1041. in PDF file, including "Sarcocephalus"]

External links

* [http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10727 GRIN-CA]


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