Anthostema

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Anthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824.Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 56[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016443 Tropicos, Anthostema A. Juss.] It is native to Africa and Madagascar.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=10577 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

;Species

1. Anthostema aubryanum Baill. - W + C Africa from Ivory Coast to Cabinda
2. Anthostema madagascariense Baill. - Madagascar
3. Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. - W Africa from Senegal to Benin