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Landolphia

Landolphia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1806. They take the form of vines that scramble over host trees. Landolphia is native to tropical Africa.

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81
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
2
plants on Plant News
1
research article
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Angolan vines found hoarding huge amounts of metal in leaves

Scientists dug through old herbarium plant specimens from Angola and found several plant species, especially in the Landolphia group, that soak up extraordinary amounts of aluminum and manganese from the soil, some at levels never before recorded in African plants.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Landolphia
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Landolphia
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Gentianales

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