Platygyna

Platygyna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Tragiinae
Genus: Platygyna
Mercier
Synonyms[1]

Platygyna is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830.[2][3] It is native to Cuba and Haiti in the West Indies.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Platygyna dentata Alain - SE Cuba
  2. Platygyna hexandra (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - Cuba, Haiti
  3. Platygyna leonis Alain - E Cuba
  4. Platygyna obovata Borhidi - E Cuba
  5. Platygyna parvifolia Alain - E Cuba
  6. Platygyna triandra Borhidi - E Cuba
  7. Platygyna volubilis Howard - E Cuba

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Mercier, Elysée. 1830. Bulletin Botanique [Geneve] 1: 168
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Platygyna Mercier
  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.
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