Xylotheca

Xylotheca
Xylotheca_kraussiana - painting by Barbara Pike, South African botanical painter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Xylotheca
Hochst.
Synonyms
  • Chlanis Klotzsch
  • Heptaca Lour.

Xylotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Achariaceae. The genus includes four species native to central and southern Africa and Madagascar.