''Anginon'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa. No definition is agreed upon, but some groupings include the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, United Nations geoscheme, the intergovernmental Southern African Development Community, and ...
.
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Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Anginon difforme'' (L.) B.L.Burtt
*'' Anginon fruticosum'' I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Anginon intermedium'' I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Anginon jaarsveldii'' B.L.Burtt
*'' Anginon paniculatum'' (Thunb.) B.L.Burtt
*'' Anginon pumilum'' I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Anginon rugosum'' (Thunb.) Raf.
*'' Anginon streyi'' (Merxm.) I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Anginon swellendamense'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt
*'' Anginon tenuius'' I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Anginon ternatum'' I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
*'' Anginon verticillatum'' (Sond.) B.L.Burtt
]
References
Apioideae genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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