Keayodendron is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1959.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Keayodendron bridelioides, native to tropical western and Central Africa (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic).[1] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 105: 517
  3. ^ Tropicos, Keayodendron Leandri
  4. ^ 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.