Seidelia

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Seidelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Mercurialinae
Genus: Seidelia
Baill.
Type species
Seidelia mercurialis (syn of Seidelia triandra)[1]

Seidelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[3][1] The genus is endemic to Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia).[4][5]

Species[4]
  1. Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm - Namibia, Cape Province
  2. Seidelia triandra (E.Mey.) Pax - Namibia, Cape Province, Free State

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Tropicos
  2. ^ lectotype designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. 2: 1128 (1874).
  3. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 465
  4. ^ a b 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.