Oldfieldia is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, the only member of its subtribe (Paiveusinae). It was described as a genus in 1850. Oldfieldia is endemic to Africa. Species Oldfieldia is after Richard Albert Kearns Oldfield (R.A.K Oldfield) the British plant collector in Nigeria and Sierra Leone and surgeon on the 1832-1834 Niger River expedition with Laird and Lauder Oldfieldia africana Benth. & Hook.f. - Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic Oldfieldia dactylophylla (Welw. ex Oliv.) J.Léonard - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola Oldfieldia macrocarpa J.Léonard - Zaïre Oldfieldia somalensis (Chiov.) Milne-Redh - Somali, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique References Picrodendraceae Flora of Africa Malpighiales genera