Vaupesia

Vaupesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Jatropheae
Genus:	Vaupesia; R.E.Schult.
Binomial name
	Vaupesia cataractarum; R.E.Schult.

Vaupesia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.^[1]^[2] It contains only one known species, Vaupesia cataractarum, native to southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil.^[3]

References

^ Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 [map], 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English
^ Tropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes.
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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[1] Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 [map], 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English

[2] Tropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes.

[3] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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