Discoclaoxylon
| Discoclaoxylon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Acalypheae |
| Subtribe: | Claoxylinae |
| Genus: | Discoclaoxylon (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. |
Discoclaoxylon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1914.[1][2] It is native to western and central Africa, including islands in the Gulf of Guinea.[3][4][5]
- Species[3]
- Discoclaoxylon hexandrum (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
- Discoclaoxylon occidentale (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - São Tomé
- Discoclaoxylon pedicellare (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bioko (Cameroon)
- Discoclaoxylon pubescens (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Exell - Annobón (Equatorial Guinea)
References
[edit]- ↑ Pax, Ferdinand Albin, Hoffmann, Käthe, & Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1914. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 137
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Discoclaoxylon
- 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.
- ↑ Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.
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