Cephalocrotonopsis
| Cephalocrotonopsis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Epiprineae |
| Subtribe: | Epiprininae |
| Genus: | Cephalocrotonopsis Pax |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus (Balf.f.) Pax | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cephalocroton socotranus Balf.f. | |
Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.[1][4]
The species is listed as vulnerable.[5]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 II(Heft 44): 15
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Cephalocrotonopsis
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Miller, A. 2004. Cephalocroton socotranus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
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