Biology:Gymnanthes
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Oysterwood | |
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| Gymnanthes lucida in Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
| Genus: | Gymnanthes Sw. |
| Type species | |
| Gymnanthes lucida | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.
- Species[2]
- Species[2]
moved to other genera: Actinostemon Ditrysinia Microstachys Sebastiania Stillingia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Gymnanthes Sw.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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. 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC.
Wikidata ☰ Q5234117 entry
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