Spondianthus

Spondianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Tribe:	Antidesmeae
Subtribe:	Spondianthinae
Genus:	Spondianthus Engl.
Binomial name
Spondianthus preussii Engl.
Synonyms[1]
Megabaria Pierre ex Hutch Megabaria trillesii Pierre ex Hutch. Spondianthus glaber Engl. Spondianthus preussii var. glaber (Engl.) Engl. Megabaria ugandensis Hutch. Thecacoris trillesii Beille Spondianthus ugandensis (Hutch.) Hutch.

Spondianthus is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the subtribe Spondianthinae. It was first described as a genus in 1905.^[2][3] The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique.^[1]

subspecies^[1]

1. Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber (Engl.) J.Léonard & Nkounkou – from Nigeria to Tanzania south to Angola; also Guinea, Ivory Coast
2. Spondianthus preussii subsp. preussii – from Liberia to Zaire

formerly included^[1]

moved to: Protomegabaria

• Spondianthus obovatus Engl. – Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch.

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1905. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 36: 215-216 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
3. Tropicos, Spondianthus Engl.