Biology:Chiropetalum

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Chiropetalum
Euphorbiaceae - Chiropetalum tricuspidatum 8.jpg
Chiropetalum tricuspidatum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Chrozophoreae
Subtribe: Ditaxinae
Genus: Chiropetalum
A.Juss.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Aonikena Speg.
  • Chlorocaulon Klotzsch
  • Argythamnia subgen. Chiropetalum (A. Juss.) J.W. Ingram
  • Desfontaena Vell.
  • Desfontaina Steud.
  • Desfontainea Rchb.

Chiropetalum is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1832.[3][2] It is widespread across relatively dry regions of North and South America from Texas to Uruguay.[1][4][5][6]

Species[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, genus Chiropetalum
  3. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1832. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 25: 21-22 in Latin
  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. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. Retrieved 2015-08-20. . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. 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.

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