Crateranthus is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1913.Baker, Edmund Gilbert. 1913. Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district South Nigeria 35Tropicos, Crateranthus Baker f. It is native to tropical Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesSosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Species Crateranthus cameroonensis Cheek & Prance – Cameroon Crateranthus congolensis Lecomte – Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo Crateranthus le-testui Lecomte – Gabon, Republic of Congo Crateranthus talbotii Baker f. – Cameroon, Gabon, southern Nigeria
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