''Nectaropetalum'' 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 belonging to the family
Erythroxylaceae
Erythroxylaceae (the coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and 271 species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mat ...
.
Its native range is
Somalia
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to
Southern Africa
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, and
Madagascar
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.
Species
Species:
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Nectaropetalum acuminatum''
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Nectaropetalum capense''
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Nectaropetalum carvalhoi''
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Nectaropetalum eligulatum''
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Nectaropetalum evrardii''
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Nectaropetalum kaessneri''
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Nectaropetalum lebrunii''
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Nectaropetalum zuluense''
References
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Erythroxylaceae
Malpighiales genera
Taxa named by Adolf Engler