Droceloncia

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Droceloncia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Droceloncia
J.Léonard
Species:
D. rigidifolia
Binomial name
Droceloncia rigidifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Pycnocoma rigidifolia Baill.
  • Wetriaria rigidifolia (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Argomuellera rigidifolia (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Droceloncia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1959.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Droceloncia rigidifolia, native to Madagascar and to the nearby island of Mayotte.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique 91: 279
  3. ^ Tropicos, Droceloncia J. Léonard
  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.