Dicoelia

Dicoelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:Acalyphoideae
Tribe:Dicoelieae
Genus:Dicoelia
Benth.
Type species
Dicoelia beccariana

Dicoelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of the tribe (Dicoelieae). It was first described as a genus in 1879.[1][2][3] It is native to Borneo and Sumatra.[4][5]

Species[4]
  1. Dicoelia beccariana Benth. - Borneo
  2. Dicoelia sumatrana Welzen - Sumatra

References

  1. ↑ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13: 70. description in Latin, footnotes in English
  2. ↑ Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:plate 1289 line drawing
  3. ↑ Tropicos
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ 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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