Biology:Pycnocoma

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Short description: Genus of plants

Pycnocoma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Pycnocoma
Benth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Comopyena Kuntze

Pycnocoma is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1849.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar .[1][4]

Species[1]


Formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Argomuellera Droceloncia


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Bentham, George. 1849. in Hooker, William Jackson, Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa 508-509 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. Tropicos Pycnocoma Benth.
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q7262913 entry