Discocleidion
| Discocleidion | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| (unranked): | Angiosperms | 
| (unranked): | Eudicots | 
| (unranked): | Rosids | 
| Order: | Malpighiales | 
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae | 
| Tribe: | Bernardieae | 
| Genus: |  Discocleidion (Müll. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm.  | 
| Binomial name | |
|  Discocleidion rufescens (Franch.) Pax & K.Hoffm.  | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Discocleidion is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1914.[1][3] It contains one accepted species, Discocleidion rufescens, endemic to China.[4][5][6]
- formerly included[5]
 
moved to Alchornea
- Discocleidion glabrum Merr., synonym of Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus.
 - Discocleidion ulmifolium (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., synonym of Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus.
 
References
- 1 2 Tropicos, genus Discocleidion
 - ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonymy for Discocleidion rufescens
 - ↑ Pax, Ferdinand Albin, & Hoffmann, Käthe. 1914. in Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 45
 - ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Discocleidion
 - 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 241 丹麻杆属 dan ma gan shu Discocleidion (Müller Argoviensis) Pax & K. Hoffmann in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 63(IV. 147. VII): 45. 1914.
 - ↑ 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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