Anthocleista

Taxobox
name = "Anthocleista"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Gentianaceae
genus = "Anthocleista"
genus_authority = Afzel. ex R.Br.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Anthocleista" is a genus of tree- and shrub-like tropical gentians in the Gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe Potalieae, subtribe Potaliinae. There are about 50 species in the genus Anthocleista, native mainly to tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. "Anthocleista" was once placed under the family Loganiaceae, but more recent molecular, morphological, and phytochemical evidence has placed the group well within the Gentianaceae.

Species in this genus include:
*"Anthocleista amplexicaulis" Baker
*"Anthocleista djalonesis" A. chev.
*"Anthocleista exelliana" Th. Monod
*"Anthocleista grandiflora"
*"Anthocleista keniensis"
*"Anthocleista liebrechstiana"
*"Anthocleista madagascariensis"
*"Anthocleista nobilis"
*"Anthocleista procera"
*"Anthocleista rhizophoroides" Baker
*"Anthocleista scandens"
*"Anthocleista schweinfurthii"
*"Anthocleista vogelii"
*"Anthocleista zambesiaca"

References

* [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/gentnet/index.htm Gentian Research Network]