Gymnanthes

oysterwood
	Gymnanthes lucida in Florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Euphorbioideae
Tribe:	Hippomaneae
Subtribe:	Hippomaninae
Genus:	Gymnanthes; Sw.
Type species
	Gymnanthes lucida; Sw.
Synonyms
	Gussonia Spreng.; Ateramnus P.Browne; Sarothrostachys Klotzsch; Gymnanthus Endl.; Duvigneaudia J.Léonard;

Gymnanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788.^[3]^[1] It is found primarily in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (from Florida and Mexico south to Argentina), but with some species in central Africa and southwestern Southeast Asia.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Members of the genus are commonly known as oysterwood.^[8] The genus has 45 species and is pantropical.

Species^[2]

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Species^[2]

moved to other genera: Actinostemon Ditrysinia Microstachys Sebastiania Stillingia

2

References

^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Gymnanthes Sw.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famlies
^ Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 95–96
^ 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.
^ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
^ Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1087–1144
^ Miroslav M. Grandtner, ed. (2005). "Gymnanthes Sw.". Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. Vol. Volume 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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[h-1] Tropicos, Gymnanthes Sw.

[b-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famlies

[3] Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 95–96

[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] Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.

[6] Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

[7] Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1087–1144

[8] Miroslav M. Grandtner, ed. (2005). "Gymnanthes Sw.". Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. Vol. Volume 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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