''Protorhus'' is a small
genus of
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
trees in the family
Anacardiaceae. It is
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Taxonomy
''Protorhus'' is placed in
tribe Rhoeae, subfamily
Anacardioideae of the family Anacardiaceae. The genus ''
Abrahamia'' with 19 Madagascan taxa was separated from ''Protorhus'' in 2004.(Pell 2004)
Species
The species are:
* ''
Protorhus fulva''
Engl. –
Madagascar
* ''
Protorhus longifolia''
(Bernh.) Engl. –
South Africa
* ''
Protorhus thouarsii''
Formerly listed;
* ''Protorhus buxifolia''
H. Perrier, transferred to ''
Abrahamia buxifolia''
(H. Perrier) Randrian. & Lowry
References
Bibliography
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Anacardiaceae genera
Dioecious plants