''Raphidiocystis'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s belonging to the family
Cucurbitaceae
The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are:
*'' Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds
*'' La ...
.
Its native range is
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 tr ...
, Madagascar.
Species:
*''
Raphidiocystis brachypoda''
*''
Raphidiocystis chrysocoma''
*''
Raphidiocystis jeffreyana''
*''
Raphidiocystis mannii''
*''
Raphidiocystis phyllocalyx''
References
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Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae genera