Alphandia
Appearance
Alphandia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
Tribe: | Ricinocarpeae |
Subtribe: | Ricinocarpinae |
Genus: | Alphandia Baill. |
Alphandia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873.[1][2] It is native to certain islands in the western Pacific (New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia).[3][4]
- species[3]
- Alphandia furfuracea Baill. - New Caledonia, Aneityum
- Alphandia resinosa Baill. - Art Island in New Caledonia
- Alphandia verniciflua Airy Shaw - West New Guinea
References
[edit]- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1873. Adansonia 11: 85-87 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Tropicos, Alphandia Baill.
- ^ a b 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.