''Klainedoxa'' is a group of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
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tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...
s in the family
Irvingiaceae
Irvingiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, consisting of about 13 species; it was erected by Exell and Mendonça in 1951.
The family and type genus were named after the Scottish naval surgeon, Edward George Irving.D. Gledhill. ''The Na ...
, described as a genus in 1896.
Tropicos, ''Klainedoxa'' Pierre ex Engl.
/ref> It is native to Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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;Species[
*'' Klainedoxa gabonensis'' Pierre - W + C Africa from Senegal to South Sudan + Tanzania south to Angola
*'' Klainedoxa trillesii'' Pierre ex Tiegh. - from Ivory Coast to The Democratic Republic of the Congo
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10546003
Irvingiaceae
Malpighiales genera
Taxa named by Adolf Engler