Duboscia viridiflora

Duboscia viridiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Grewioideae
Genus:	Duboscia
Species:	D. viridiflora
Binomial name
Duboscia viridiflora (K.Schum.) Mildbr.
Synonyms
Diplanthemum viridiflorum K. Schum. Duboscia acuminata A. Chev.

Duboscia viridiflora occurs from the Ivory Coast to the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a tree which grows to 25m, and often has a deeply fluted trunk. The leaves and young stems are covered in sparse, stellate hairs. The flowers are pale green-white, with bracts below. The fruits are ribbed and very fibrous.

The species was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1897,^[1] where he placed it in the genus Diplanthemum. It was moved to the genus Duboscia by Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed in 1922.^[2] This species has often been placed as a synonym of Duboscia macrocarpa.

References

1. Schumann, K. in Engler, A. and Prantl, P. (1897), Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachträge zum II bis IV Teil, p.234, Leipzig.
2. Mildbraed, G. W. J. (1922) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, Botanik, 2:59, Leipzig