Botryophora

Botryophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Blumeodendrinae
Genus: Botryophora
Hook.f.
Binomial name
Botryophora geniculata
(Miq.) Beumée ex Airy Shaw
Synonyms[1]

Botryophora is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1888.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Botryophora geniculata , native to Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1888. Flora of British India 5: 476 in English
  3. Tropicos, Botryophora Hook. f.
  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.
  5. Chayamarit, K. & Van Welzen, P.C. (2005). Euphorbiaceae (Genera A-F). Flora of Thailand 8(1): 1-303. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok


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