Cephalocroton

Cephalocroton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Epiprininae
Genus: Cephalocroton
Hochst.
Type species
Cephalocroton cordofanus
Hochst.

Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.[3][4]

Use

The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.

Species[3]
  1. Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
  2. Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
  3. Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  4. Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia
formerly included

moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )

  1. C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
  2. C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis
  3. C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala
  4. C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis
  5. C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis
  6. C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala
  7. C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis
  8. C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
  9. C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica

References

  1. ↑ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 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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