Octolobus

Octolobus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Octolobus
Welw.[1]

Octolobus is a genus of tropical forest trees in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (previously placed in the Sterculiaceae). They are found in Central and West Africa and are closely related to the genus Cola.[2] Both share a leaf structure with entire margins, featuring a cuneate base, three main veins, a pulvinus at the petiole tip, weak brochidodromous secondary veins, and multicellular glandular hairs on the epidermis.[3]

Species

Plants of the World Online lists:[2]

  1. Octolobus grandis Exell
  2. Octolobus heteromerus K.Schum.
  3. Octolobus spectabilis Welw. - type species

References

  1. ^ Welwitsch FMJ (1869) Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27(1): 17.
  2. ^ a b Plants of the World Online (POWO): Octolobus Welw. (retrieved 26 August 2021)
  3. ^ Pan, Aaron David; Jacobs, Bonnie F. (10 October 2009). "The earliest record of the genus Cola (Malvaceae sensu lato: Sterculioideae) from the Late Oligocene (28–27 Ma) of Ethiopia and leaf characteristics within the genus". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 283 (2): 247–262. doi:10.1007/s00606-009-0225-1.