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Adenochlaena

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Adenochlaena
Adenochlaena zeylanica
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Adenochlaena

Type species
Adenochlaena leucocephala
Synonyms[1]

Adenochlaena is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Adenochlaena leucocephala Baill. - Madagascar, Comoros
  2. Adenochlaena zeylanica (Baill.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka
formerly included

moved to other genera (Cladogynos Epiprinus Koilodepas )

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 472.
  3. ^ Tropicos
  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.