Heywoodia lucens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Tribe: | Wielandieae |
Genus: |
Heywoodia Sim |
Species: | H. lucens |
Binomial name | |
Heywoodia lucens Sim |
Heywoodia is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1907. It contains only one known species, Heywoodia lucens, native to eastern, southeastern, and southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Cape Province).