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| A. stuhlmannii, from Vegetation der Erde (1910) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Clusiaceae |
| Tribe: | Garcinieae |
| Genus: | Allanblackia Oliv. ex Benth. |
Allanblackia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that is it nested in the dioecious Garcinia. The genus name commemorates Allan Black.
It contains the following species:
- Allanblackia floribunda (Nigeria to DR Congo and Angola)
- Allanblackia gabonensis
- Allanblackia kimbiliensis
- Allanblackia kisonghi
- Allanblackia marienii
- Allanblackia parviflora (Upper Guinea, from Ghana westwards)
- Allanblackia staneriana
- Allanblackia stuhlmannii (Eastern arc mountains -Usambara Tanzania)
- Allanblackia ulugurensis (Eastern arc mountains -Uluguru Tanzania)
Uses
Allanblackia can be processed into Allanblackia oil
References
- Ruhfel, Brad R.; Bittrich, Volker; Bove, Claudia P.; Gustafsson, Mats H. G.; Philbrick, C. Thomas; Rutishauser, Rolf; Xi, Zhenxiang; Davis, Charles C. (2011). "Phylogeny of the clusioid clade (Malpighiales): Evidence from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 98 (2): 306–325. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000354. PMID 21613119.
- Oliver, Professor (1867). "Description of Three New Genera from West Tropical Africa, belonging to the Natural Orders Guttiferae, Olacineae and Celastraceae". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany. 10 (41): 42–44. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1867.tb00431.x.
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| Allanblackia |
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