| Multidentia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialypetalanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
| Genus: | Multidentia Gilli |
| Type species | |
| Multidentia concrescens (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
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Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
Distribution
Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.1
Taxonomy
It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.12 The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.
Species
- Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
- Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
- Multidentia exserta Bridson
- Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
- Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
- Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
- Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
- Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson
References
References
- Bridson DM (1987). "The recognition and recircumscription of the African genus Multidentia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin. 42 (3): 641–654. Bibcode:1987KewBu..42..641B. doi:10.2307/4110069. JSTOR 4110069.
- Gilli von A (1973). "Beiträge zur Flora von Tanganyika und Kenya". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 77: 15–57.