Adenochlaena
Appearance
Adenochlaena | |
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Adenochlaena zeylanica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
Tribe: | Epiprineae |
Subtribe: | Epiprininae |
Genus: | Adenochlaena Boivin ex Baill. |
Type species | |
Adenochlaena leucocephala | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Adenochlaena is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][4]
- Species[1]
- Adenochlaena leucocephala Baill. - Madagascar, Comoros
- Adenochlaena zeylanica (Baill.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka
- formerly included
moved to other genera (Cladogynos Epiprinus Koilodepas )
- A. calycina - Koilodepas calycinum
- A. indica - Epiprinus mallotiformis
- A. mallotiformis - Epiprinus mallotiformis
- A. siamensis - Cladogynos orientalis
- A. siletensis - Epiprinus siletianus
References
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- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 472.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ 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.