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Cyttaranthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Agrostistachydeae
Genus: Cyttaranthus
J.Léonard
Species:
C. congolensis
Binomial name
Cyttaranthus congolensis
J.Léonard

Cyttaranthus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Cyttaranthus congolensis, native to tropical Africa (Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire), Gabon, Cabinda, Tanzania).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 286
  2. ^ Tropicos
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families