''Cassipourea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Rhizophoraceae
The Rhizophoraceae is a family of tropical or subtropical flowering plants. It includes around 147 species distributed in 15 genera.Setoguchi, H., Kosuge, K., & Tobe, H. (1999). Molecular Phylogeny of Rhizophoraceae Based on rbcL Gene Sequences. ...
. There are about 40 species. The genus is divided into several subgenera, based mainly on the structure of the flowers.
[Kenfack, D. (2011)]
''Cassipourea atanganae'' sp. nov., a new species of Rhizophoraceae from Lower Guinea.
''Adansonia'', 33(2), 209-213.
Species include:
* ''
Cassipourea acuminata''
Liben
* ''
Cassipourea brittoniana''
Fawc. & Rendle
* ''
Cassipourea eketensis''
Baker f.
* ''
Cassipourea fanshawei''
Torre & Goncalves
* ''
Cassipourea flanaganii''
(Schinz) Alston
* ''
Cassipourea hiotou''
Aubrev. & Pellegrin
* ''
Cassipourea malosana
''Cassipourea malosana'' is a species of plant native to tropical Africa.
Description
''Cassipourea malosana'' is an evergreen shrub or tree, growing to 25 or 30 meters in height, and occasionally up to 45 meters, with a rounded crown. The tree ...
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(Baker) Alston
* ''
Cassipourea obovata''
Alston
* ''
Cassipourea subcordata''
Britton
* ''
Cassipourea subsessilis''
Britton
* ''
Cassipourea swaziensis''
Compton
* ''
Cassipourea thomassetii''
Alston
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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