Pycnocoma
| Pycnocoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Pycnocomeae |
| Subtribe: | Pycnocominae |
| Genus: | Pycnocoma Benth. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pycnocoma is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1849.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4]
- Species[1]
- Pycnocoma angustifolia - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Cost
- Pycnocoma bampsiana - Zaïre
- Pycnocoma chevalieri - Zaïre, Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Uganda, South Sudan
- Pycnocoma cornuta - Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Ghana, Nigeria
- Pycnocoma dentata - Angola
- Pycnocoma devredii - Kasai
- Pycnocoma elua - Zaïre
- Pycnocoma insularum - Zaïre
- Pycnocoma littoralis - Kenya, Tanzania
- Pycnocoma louisii - Zaïre
- Pycnocoma macrantha - Lushoto
- Pycnocoma macrophylla (Bomah-nut) - W + C Africa
- Pycnocoma minor - Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Equatorial Guinea
- Pycnocoma reticulata - Madagascar
- Pycnocoma reygaertii - Zaïre
- Pycnocoma subflava - Zaïre
- Pycnocoma thollonii - Gabon
- Pycnocoma thonneri - Congo, Zaïre
- Formerly included[1]
moved to other genera: Argomuellera Droceloncia
- P. danguyana - Argomuellera danguyana
- P. decaryana - Argomuellera decaryana
- P. gigantea - Argomuellera gigantea
- P. gigantea var. calcicola - Argomuellera calcicola
- P. hirsuta - Argomuellera macrophylla
- P. hutchinsonii - Argomuellera macrophylla
- P. laurentii - Argomuellera macrophylla
- P. parviflora - Argomuellera macrophylla
- P. perrieri - Argomuellera perrieri
- P. rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia
- P. sapinii - Argomuellera macrophylla
- P. sassandrae - Argomuellera macrophylla
- P. trewioides - Argomuellera trewioides
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Bentham, George. 1849. in Hooker, William Jackson, Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa 508-509 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos Pycnocoma Benth.
- ^ 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.
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