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Pterodiscus (plant)
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| Pterodiscus speciosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Pedaliaceae |
| Genus: | Pterodiscus Hook. |
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Pedaliophyton Engl. | |
Pterodiscus is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising several species with a native range from Ethiopia to S. Africa.[2] The range passes through the countries of Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3] Plus it is found also within the Provinces of South Africa in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces.
The genus was originally established by William Jackson Hooker from one species found in South Africa, Pterodiscus speciosus.[4] The species was first published and described by William Jackson Hooker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Vol.70 on table 4117 in 1844.[5]
The genus is accepted by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service but they do not list any species.[1]
- ^ a b "Genus: Pterodiscus Hook". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Pterodiscus Archives". World of Succulents. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
POWOwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25–27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books
- ^ "Pterodiscus speciosus Hook. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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