Pygeum (genus)

For other uses, see Pygeum.
Pygeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pygeum
Gaertner
Species

144 species[1]

Pygeum is a genus consisting of tropical trees or shrubs limited to tropical Africa, South & South-east Asia, Northeastern Australia, New Guinea and some Pacific Islands.[2]

References

  1. Genus Pygeum at Plantsystematics.org available online
  2. 'eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet available online [accessed 22 December 2008]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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