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Hymenocardia
Hymenocardia acida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Antidesmatoideae
Tribe:	Antidesmateae
Subtribe:	Hymenocardiinae
Genus:	Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.
Synonyms
Samaropyxis Miq.

Hymenocardia is a genus of trees in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836. Most of the species are native to Africa, with one in Southeast Asia.

Species in this genus are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Species

1. Hymenocardia acida - from Gambia to Ethiopia to Mozambique
2. Hymenocardia heudelotii - W + C Africa
3. Hymenocardia lyrata - W Africa
4. Hymenocardia punctata - Mishmi Hills, Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra
5. Hymenocardia ripicola - Cameroon, RotC, DRC
6. Hymenocardia ulmoides - C + E + S Africa

formerly included

moved to Mallotus

• Hymenocardia plicata - Mallotus plicatus

References

1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Lindley, John. 1836. A Natural System of Botany 441
3. Tropicos, Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.
4. 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.
5. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Hymenocardia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

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