Gymnanthes
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Gymnanthes lucida in Florida | |
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Genus: | Gymnanthes |
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Gymnanthes lucida | |
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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.
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- Species[2]
moved to other genera: Actinostemon Ditrysinia Microstachys Sebastiania Stillingia
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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.
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