Phyllogeiton
{{short description|Genus of Rhamnaceae plants}}
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Phyllogeiton is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.{{cite POWO |id=33499-1 |title=Phyllogeiton (Weberb.) Herzog |access-date=10 September 2022 }} It was resurrected from Berchemia.{{cite journal |title=Western Tethys origin, tropical Asia and tropical America disjunction in Berchemia and reinstatement of Phyllogeiton (Rhamneae, Rhamnaceae) |year=2021 |last1=Huang |first1=Xianhan |last2=Deng |first2=Tao |last3=Chen |first3=Shaotian |last4=Landis |first4=Jacob B. |last5=Lin |first5=Nan |last6=Yang |first6=Yi |last7=Hu |first7=Guangwan |last8=Zhou |first8=Zhuo |last9=Wang |first9=Yuehua |last10=Wang |first10=Hengchang |last11=Tojibaev |first11=Komiljon Sh. |last12=Sun |first12=Hang |journal=Taxon |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=515–525 |doi=10.1002/tax.12498 |s2cid=234830000 }}
Species
The following species are accepted:
- Phyllogeiton discolor {{small|(Klotzsch) Herzog}} – bird plum or brown ivory
- Phyllogeiton zeyheri {{small|(Sond.) Suess.}} – pink ivory
References
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Category:Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa
Category:Flora of East Tropical Africa
Category:Flora of South Tropical Africa
Category:Flora of Southern Africa
Category:Flora of Saudi Arabia
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