{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Allexis |authority = Pierre (1898) }}
'''''Allexis''''' is a genus of plants in the family Violaceae.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nganso |first1=Yves Oscar D. |last2=Ngantchou |first2=Igor Eric W. |last3=Nkwenoua |first3=Ernestine |last4=Nyasse |first4=Barthelemy |last5=Denier |first5=Colette |last6=Hannert |first6=Véronique |last7=Schneider |first7=Bernd |date=March 2011 |title=Antitrypanosomal and Cytotoxic Activities of 22-Hydroxyclerosterol, a New Sterol from Allexis cauliflora (Violaceae) |journal=Scientia Pharmaceutica |language=en |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=137–144 |doi=10.3797/scipharm.1012-10 |issn=2218-0532 |pmc=3097502 |pmid=21617778}}</ref> It includes four species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Nigeria through Cameroon and Gabon to Republic of the Congo.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41496-1 ''Allexis'' Pierre]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 12 June 2024.</ref>
Four species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Allexis batangae'' {{small|(Engl.) Melch.}} * ''Allexis cauliflora'' <small>(Oliver) Pierre</small> * ''Allexis obanensis'' <small>(Baker f.) Melch.</small> * ''Allexis zygomorpha'' {{small|Achound. & Onana}}
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Category:Violaceae Category:Violaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre
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