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Centroplacus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Centroplacaceae
Genus: Centroplacus
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Species:
C. glaucinus
Binomial name
Centroplacus glaucinus
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Synonyms

Microdesmis paniculata Pax

Centroplacus is a genus of the family Centroplacaceae.[1] It was formerly classified in the Phyllanthaceae and given its own tribe, the Centroplaceae. It contains a single species, Centroplacus glaucinus.

General information

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C. glaucinus is an understorey tree, usually at low elevations, growing up to 20 metres tall; a dioecious species, flowers unisexual (male and female forms).[2][3]

Range

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Centroplacus occurs in West tropical Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon).

References

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Malpighiales

transferred to Saxifragales. The genera Cyrillopsis (Ixonanthaceae), Centroplacus (Centroplacaceae), Bhesa (Centroplacaceae), Aneulophus (Erythroxylaceae)

Unplaced in APG II

molecular phylogeny of the family.[citation needed] Centroplacus has a single species, Centroplacus glaucinus, a tree from West Africa. It was found to

Pandaceae

dioecious trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple leaves. The genus Centroplacus was formerly included in the Pandaceae and had also been recognized in

Phyllanthaceae

genera Centroplacus, Paradrypetes, and Phyllanoa had been placed in Phyllanthaceae, but these are now excluded from the family. Centroplacus is now in

List of COM-clade families

Celas­trales Celastrus orbiculatus Centroplaca­ceae (biku-biku family) Centroplacus, from Greek for "spurred and flat" (styles) 2 genera, in the Asian tropics

Centroplacaceae

genera: Bhesa, which was formerly recognized in the Celastraceae, and Centroplacus, which was formerly recognized in the Euphorbiaceae, together comprising

List of plant family names with etymologies

Celastraceae Celastrus G Greek plant name Celastrales CS Centroplacaceae Centroplacus G spurred and flat (the styles) Malpighiales Qu Cephalotaceae Cephalotus

List of Phyllanthaceae genera

the ex-tribe Drypeteae has become family Putranjivaceae, and the genus Centroplacus, which previously constituted tribe Centroplaceae, is now part of the