Anthericopsis

Anthericopsis is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first described as a genus in 1897. The genus consists of a single known species, Anthericopsis sepalosa, native to central and eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Zaire, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi).[1][2]

Anthericopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Commelinales
Family:
Commelinaceae
Genus:
Anthericopsis

C.Wright
Binomial name
Anthericopsis sepalosa
(C.B.Clarke) Engl.
Type species
Anthericopsis sepalosa
(C.B.Clarke) Engl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gillettia Rendle
  • Aneilema sepalosum C.B.Clarke
  • Gillettia sepalosa (C.B.Clarke) Rendle
  • Anthericopsis fischeri Engl.
  • Anthericopsis tradescantioides Chiov. ex Chiarugi

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.


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