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Internal ID UUID643fe8618b4e4641140501
Scientific name Plukenetia africana
Authority Sond.
First published in Linnaea 23: 110 (1850)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Plukenetia hastata Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 469 (1864)
Pterococcus africanus Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, IX: 22 (1919)
Tragia schultzeana Dinter ex Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, IX: 23 (1919)
Pseudotragia scandens Pax Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 8: 636 (1908)
Pseudotragia schinzii Pax Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 8: 635 (1908)
Sajorium africanum Baill. Étude Euphorb. : 483 (1858)

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000279022
Tropicos 12803009
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:354948-1
The Plant List kew-161480
Open Tree Of Life 3910134
NCBI Taxonomy 2268127
IPNI 354948-1
iNaturalist 592269
GBIF 3070750
EOL 1151867

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Seed size evolution and biogeography of Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae), a pantropical genus with traditionally cultivated oilseed species Cardinal-McTeague WM, Wurdack KJ, Sigel EM, Gillespie LJ BMC Evol Biol 22-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6341577
doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1308-9
PMID:30670006

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