Allanblackia

Allanblackia
A. stuhlmannii, from Vegetation der Erde (1910)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1] The genus name commemorates Allan Black.[2]

It contains the following species:

Allanblackia parviflora

Uses

Allanblackia can be processed into Allanblackia oil

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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