Crotonogynopsis

Crotonogynopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Adelieae
Genus: Crotonogynopsis
Pax
Type species
Crotonogynopsis usambarica
Pax

Crotonogynopsis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1899.[1][2] It is native to tropical Africa.[3][4][5]

Species[3]
  1. Crotonogynopsis akeassii J.Léonard - Ivory Coast, Ghana
  2. Crotonogynopsis usambarica Pax - Cameroon, Zaïre, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique

References

  1. Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1899. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 26: 328. descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. Tropicos
  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.
  5. Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique. Kew Bulletin 66: 241-151.


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