Romanoa tamnoides

Romanoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Plukenetieae
Subtribe:	Plukenetiinae
Genus:	Romanoa, conserved name Trevis.
Species:	R. tamnoides
Binomial name
Romanoa tamnoides (A. Juss.) Radcl.-Sm.
Synonyms[1][2]
Anabaena A.Juss. 1824, rejected name, not Bory ex Bornet & Flahault 1888 (cyanobacterium)[2] Anabaena tamnoides A. Juss. Anabaenella Pax & K.Hoffm. 1919 Anabaenella tamnoides (A. Juss.) Pax & K. Hoffm. Sajorium tamnoides (A.Juss.) Baill. Plukenetia tamnoides (A.Juss.) Müll.Arg. Plukenetia sinuata Ule Anabaenella tamnoides var. sinuata (Ule) Pax & K.Hoffm Croton scandens Vell. Plukenetia occidentalis Leandro ex Baill.

Romanoa tamnoides is a species of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Romanoa, first described in 1824.^[3][4][5] It is native to Brazil and Paraguay.^[1][6][7]

Varieties^[1]

• Romanoa tamnoides var. sinuata (Ule) Radcl.-Sm. - Bahia
• Romanoa tamnoides var. tamnoides - Paraguay, SE Brazil (Minas Gerais, Goiás, Rio de Janeiro)

The genus name Romanoa is also used for a fungus.

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Tropicos, search for genus Anabaena
3. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 46
4. Trevisan de Saint-Léon, Vittore Benedetto Antonio. 1848. Saggio di una Monografia delle Alghe Coccotalle 99
5. Tropicos, genus Romanoa
6. 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.
7. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro