Thilachium

Thilachium
Tilachium panduriforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Capparaceae
Genus:	Thilachium Lour.
Synonyms
Thylachium Lour.

Thilachium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Capparaceae. Its native range is Somalia to Southern Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by João de Loureiro and published in Flora Cochinchinensis 328, 342. 1790. The type species is: Thilachium africanum Lour.

Species:

• Thilachium africanum Lour.
• Thilachium angustifolium Bojer
• Thilachium densiflorum Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
• Thilachium humbertii Hadj-Moust.
• Thilachium laurifolium Baker
• Thilachium macrophyllum Gilg
• Thilachium monophyllum Hadj-Moust.
• Thilachium panduriforme (Lam.) Juss.
• Thilachium paradoxum Gilg
• Thilachium pouponii Aubrév. & Pellegr.
• Thilachium roseomaculatum Y.B.Harv. & Vollesen
• Thilachium seyrigii Hadj-Moust.
• Thilachium sumangui Bojer
• Thilachium thomasii Gilg

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