''Cassipourea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Rhizophoraceae
The Rhizophoraceae is a family of tropical or subtropical flowering plants. It includes around 147 species distributed in 15 genera.Setoguchi, H., Kosuge, K., & Tobe, H. (1999). Molecular Phylogeny of Rhizophoraceae Based on rbcL Gene Sequences. ...
. There are about 40 species. The genus is divided into several subgenera, based mainly on the structure of the flowers.
[Kenfack, D. (2011)]
''Cassipourea atanganae'' sp. nov., a new species of Rhizophoraceae from Lower Guinea.
''Adansonia'', 33(2), 209-213.
Species include:
* ''
Cassipourea acuminata''
Liben
* ''
Cassipourea brittoniana''
Fawc. & Rendle
* ''
Cassipourea eketensis''
Baker f.
Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949) was a British plant collector and botanist. He was the son of John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an England, English botanist. His son was the botanist Edmund G ...
* ''
Cassipourea fanshawei''
Torre & Goncalves
* ''
Cassipourea flanaganii''
(Schinz) Alston
* ''
Cassipourea hiotou''
Aubrev. & Pellegrin
* ''
Cassipourea malosana''
(Baker) Alston
* ''
Cassipourea obovata''
Alston
* ''
Cassipourea subcordata''
Britton
* ''
Cassipourea subsessilis''
Britton
* ''
Cassipourea swaziensis''
Compton
* ''
Cassipourea thomassetii''
Alston
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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