Macrophragma

Macrophragma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Subfamily: Menispermoideae
Tribe: Tiliacoreae
Genus: Macrophragma
Pierre ex L.Lian & Wei Wang
Species:
M. jollyanum
Binomial name
Macrophragma jollyanum
(Pierre) L.Lian & Wei Wang
Synonyms
  • Anisocycla jollyana (Pierre) Diels
  • Glossopholis jollyana Pierre (1898) (basionym)

Macrophragma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It includes a single species, Macrophragma jollyanum, a subshrub or shrub native to Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon in west-central tropical Africa.

The species was first described as Glossopholis jollyana by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1898. In 2023 Lian Lian and Wei Wang placed the species in the newly-described monotypic genus Macrophragma as Macrophragma jollyanum.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Macrophragma jollyanum (Pierre) L.Lian & Wei Wang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2025.