Pachystroma

Pachystroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Euphorbioideae
Tribe:	Pachystromateae
Genus:	Pachystroma; Müll.Arg.
Species:	P. longifolium
Binomial name
	Pachystroma longifolium; (Nees) I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms
	Acantholoma Gaudich. ex Baill.; Ilex longifolia Nees; Pachystroma ilicifolium Müll. Arg.; Acantholoma spinosum Baill.; Pachystroma castaneifolium Klotzsch ex Pax;

Pachystroma is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865.^[2]^[3] It is the only genus of its tribe (Pachystromateae). The only known species is Pachystroma longifolium, native to Brazil and Bolivia.^[1]^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 177-178 in Latin
^ Tropicos, Pachystroma Müll. Arg.
^ 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.
^ Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.

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