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Grossera

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Grossera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Aleuritideae
Subtribe: Grosserinae
Genus: Grossera
Pax
Synonyms[1]

Fourneaua Pierre ex Prain

Grossera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903.[2][3] It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa.[1][4] It is dioecious.[5]

Species[1]
  1. Grossera angustifolia Barbera&Riina - Equatorial Guinea
  2. Grossera elongata Hutch. - Príncipe
  3. Grossera glomeratospicata J.Léonard - East Congo
  4. Grossera macrantha Pax - East Congo, West Congo, Cameroon, Central African Rep.
  5. Grossera major Pax - Cameroon
  6. Grossera multinervis J.Léonard - East Congo, São Tomé
  7. Grossera paniculata Pax - West Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
  8. Grossera perrieri Leandri - Madagascar
  9. Grossera vignei Hoyle - Ivory Coast, Ghana, West Congo
formerly included[1]

moved to Cavacoa

  1. G. aurea - Cavacoa aurea
  2. G. baldwinii - Cavacoa baldwinii
  3. G. quintasii - Cavacoa quintasii

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 281-282 descriptions in Latin, commentary and range information in German
  3. ^ Tropicos, Grossera Pax
  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.
  5. ^ Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.