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Sphyranthera

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Sphyranthera
Pl. 1702[1] Sphyranthera lutescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Sphyranthereae
Radcl.-Sm.
Genus: Sphyranthera
Hook.f.

Sphyranthera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of its tribe (Sphyranthereae). It was first described in 1887.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, politically part of India but geographically closer to Myanmar.

Species
  1. Sphyranthera airyshawii Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao - N Andaman Islands
  2. Sphyranthera lutescens (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. - N Nicobar Islands + C Andaman Islands

References

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  1. ^ a b Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 18: plate 1702 description in Latin, commentary in English, illustrated with full-page line drawing
  2. ^ Tropicos, Sphyranthera Hook. f.