''Rhopalopilia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

s in the family

Opiliaceae Opiliaceae is a family of flowering plants comprising 11 genera and 33 known species. It consists of tropical woody plants. Several genera contain parasitic species. The biggest genus, in number of species and in stature of the individual plant ...

described as a genus in 1896.Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1896. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2:1263Tropicos, Rhopalopilia Pierre
/ref> ''Rhopalopilia'' is native to west-central Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species * '' Rhopalopilia altescandens'' Mildbr. ex Sleum. - Cameroon,

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* '' Rhopalopilia hallei'' Villiers -

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* '' Rhopalopilia pallens'' Pierre - Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

Opiliaceae Santalales genera Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa {{Santalales-stub