Canthium armatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Canthium
Species:
C. armatum
Binomial name
Canthium armatum
(K.Schum.) Lantz (2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Canthium ovatum (Burtt Davy) Burtt Davy (1935)
  • Plectronia ovata Burtt Davy (1921)
  • Plectroniella armata (K.Schum.) Robyns (1928)
  • Plectroniella capillaris Bremek. (1933)
  • Vangueria armata K.Schum. (1899)

Canthium armatum is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to southern Mozambique, Eswatini, and KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces of northeastern South Africa.[1] The species is characterized by the presence of large spines.

It was first described as Vangueria armata in 1899 by Karl Moritz Schumann. In 1928 Walter Robyns placed it in a new monotypic genus, Plectroniella.[2] In 2004, a molecular phylogenetic study showed that Plectroniella armata was related to Canthium ciliatum and species was transferred to the genus Canthium.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Canthium armatum (K.Schum.) Lantz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Robyns W (1928). "Tentamen monographiae Vanguerieae generumque affinium". Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'état Bruxelles. 11 (1): 1–359. doi:10.2307/3666476. JSTOR 3666476.
  3. ↑ Lantz H, Bremer B (2004). "Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146 (3): 257–283. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00338.x.
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