A new species, genus and tribe of Sapotaceae, endemic to Madagascar
Author
Laurent Gautier
Author
Yamama Naciri
Author
Arne A. Anderberg
Author
Jenny E. E. Smedmark
Author
Richard Randrianaivo
Author
Ulf Swenson
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Taxon
2013
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journal article
10.12705/625.17
a149c921-11bd-43f5-b7f5-6466bd6ee07d
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Tseboneae
L. Gaut. & Naciri,
stat. nov.
≡ Tseboninae Baehni
in Boissiera 11: 104. 1965 –
Type
:
Tsebona
Capuron.
Trees with white latex, alternate leaves, and caducous stipules; calyx lobes 5, quincuncial; corolla lobes 5, entire, contorted, overlapping to the right; stamens 5, or 15 organized in bundles of 3, opposite each corolla lobe; staminodes 5, villous; seed scar adaxial; embryo with plano-convex cotyledons; endosperm absent.
Three genera endemic to
Madagascar
:
Bemangidia
with one or possibly two species,
Capurodendron
with 23 known species, and the monotypic genus
Tsebona
.