''Pseudocalyx'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in te ...
.
Its native range is Gabon to Tanzania and Southern
Tropical Africa
Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ...
, Madagascar.
Species:
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Pseudocalyx aurantiacus''
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Pseudocalyx libericus''
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Pseudocalyx macrophyllus''
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Pseudocalyx ochraceus''
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Pseudocalyx pasquierorum''
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Pseudocalyx saccatus''
References
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Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera