Muricococcum
| Muricococcum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Epiprineae |
| Subtribe: | Cephalomappinae |
| Genus: | Muricococcum Chun & F.C.How |
| Binomial name | |
| Muricococcum sinense Chun & F.C.How | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Muricococcum is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1956.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Muricococcum sinense, native to southern China (Guangxi, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.[1][4][5]
The species is listed as vulnerable.[6]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Chun, Woon Young & How, Foon-Chew. 1956. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 5(1): 14–15
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Muricococcum
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 250 肥牛树 fei niu shu Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F. C. How) Kostermans, Reinwardtia. 5: 413. 1961
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cephalomappa sinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
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