Cavacoa
| Cavacoa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cavacoa aurea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Aleuritideae |
| Subtribe: | Grosserinae |
| Genus: | Cavacoa J.Léonard |
Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.[1][2] All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa.[3][4] It is dioecious.[5]
- Species[3]
- Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
- Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia
- Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre
References
[edit]- ↑ Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.
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