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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