Dichostemma

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Dichostemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Euphorbioideae
Tribe:
Euphorbieae
Subtribe:
Anthosteminae
Genus:
Dichostemma

Dichostemma is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) first described as a genus in 1896.[1][2] It is native to tropical western and central Africa.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Dichostemma glaucescens Pierre - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Cabinda, Zaire
  2. Dichostemma zenkeri Pax - Cameroon

References

  1. ^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1896. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 1259
  2. ^ Tropicos Dichostemma Pierre
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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.


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