Adenochlaena

Adenochlaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Epiprininae
Genus: Adenochlaena
Boivin ex Baill.
Type species
Adenochlaena leucocephala
Baill.
Synonyms[1]

Adenochlaena is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Adenochlaena leucocephala Baill. - Madagascar, Comoros
  2. Adenochlaena zeylanica (Baill.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka
formerly included

moved to other genera (Cladogynos Epiprinus Koilodepas )

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 472.
  3. Tropicos
  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.