Dichostemma

Dichostemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:Euphorbioideae
Tribe:Euphorbieae
Subtribe:Anthosteminae
Genus:Dichostemma
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Dichostemma is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) first described as a genus in 1896.[1][2] It is native to tropical western and central Africa.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Dichostemma glaucescens Pierre - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Cabinda, Zaire
  2. Dichostemma zenkeri Pax - Cameroon

References

  1. ↑ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1896. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 1259
  2. ↑ Tropicos Dichostemma Pierre
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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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