Aristogeitonia is a plant genus in the family Picrodendraceae, described as a genus by David Prain in 1908.Prain, David. 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908: 438-439 in LatinTropicos, Aristogeitonia Prain It is native to Africa and Madagascar.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
species Seven species are accepted. Aristogeitonia gabonica – Gabon Aristogeitonia limoniifolia – Angola Aristogeitonia lophirifolia – Madagascar Aristogeitonia magnistipula – Tanzania Aristogeitonia monophylla – Tanzania, Kenya Aristogeitonia perrieri – Madagascar Aristogeitonia uapacifolia – Madagascar (Toliara Province)
See also Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
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