Meiocarpidium Engl. & Diels, Notizbl. Konigl . Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 54, 1900

Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Dagallier, Leo-Paul M. J., Crozier, Francoise, Ghogue, Jean-Paul, Hoekstra, Paul H., Kamdem, Narcisse G., Johnson, David M., Murray, Nancy A. & Sonke, Bonaventure, 2022, Flora of Cameroon - Annonaceae Vol 45, PhytoKeys 207, pp. 1-532 : 159-160

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.207.61432

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7228414

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/77AD57C4-F54C-A479-1057-82892D5D98F0

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scientific name

Meiocarpidium Engl. & Diels, Notizbl. Konigl . Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 54, 1900
status

 

Meiocarpidium Engl. & Diels, Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 54, 1900

Type species.

Meiocarpidium oliverianum (Baillon) D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray

Description.

Same as species.

A monotypic genus from the Central Atlantic African region (Lower Guinea).

Meiocarpidium is characterized by the presence of peltate scale-like hairs, a character unique among Central African Annonaceae .

Taxonomy.

Le Thomas (1969b).