Macrophragma

Macrophragma
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Macrophragma jollyanum
(Pierre) L.Lian & Wei Wang
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisocycla jollyana (Pierre) Diels
  • Glossopholis jollyana Pierre (1898) (basionym)

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

  1. ^ a b c "Macrophragma jollyanum (Pierre) L.Lian & Wei Wang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2025.