Macrophragma
Macrophragma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Menispermaceae |
Subfamily: | Menispermoideae |
Tribe: | Tiliacoreae |
Genus: | Pierre ex L.Lian & Wei Wang |
Species: | M. jollyanum
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Binomial name | |
Macrophragma jollyanum (Pierre) L.Lian & Wei Wang
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Macrophragma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes a single species, Macrophragma jollyanum, a subshrub or shrub native to Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon in west-central tropical Africa.[1]
The species was first described as Glossopholis jollyana by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1898. In 2023 Lian Lian and Wei Wang placed the species in the newly-described monotypic genus Macrophragma as Macrophragma jollyanum.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Macrophragma jollyanum (Pierre) L.Lian & Wei Wang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2025.