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Paranecepsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Bernardieae
Genus: Paranecepsia
Radcl.-Sm.
Species:
P. alchorneifolia
Binomial name
Paranecepsia alchorneifolia

Paranecepsia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1976.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Paranecepsia alchorneifolia, native to southeastern Africa (eastern Tanzania and Niassa Province in northern Mozambique).[4][5]

The species has been classified as vulnerable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. Paranecepsia alchorneifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
  2. ^ Radcliffe-Smith, Alan. 1976. Kew Bulletin 30: 684
  3. ^ Tropicos
  4. ^ 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.