Orfilea
| Orfilea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Alchorneae |
| Subtribe: | Alchorneinae |
| Genus: | Orfilea Baill. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3][4] It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][5]
- Species[1]
- Orfilea ankafinensis (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
- Orfilea coriacea Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar
- Orfilea multispicata (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
- Orfilea neraudiana (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 452
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Webster, G. L. 1994. Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 33–144
- ↑ 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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