Argomuellera

Argomuellera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Argomuellera
Pax
Type species
Argomuellera macrophylla
Pax
Synonyms[1]
  • Neopycnocoma Pax
  • Wetriaria Pax

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[2][3] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Argomuellera basicordata Peter ex Radcl.-Sm. - Lushoto
  2. Argomuellera calcicola (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  3. Argomuellera danguyana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  4. Argomuellera decaryana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  5. Argomuellera gigantea (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nosy Be Island
  6. Argomuellera lancifolia (Pax) Pax - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
  7. Argomuellera macrophylla Pax - tropical Africa
  8. Argomuellera perrieri (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  9. Argomuellera pierlotiana J.Léonard - Zaïre
  10. Argomuellera pumila McPherson - Madagascar
  11. Argomuellera sessilifolia Prain - Congo
  12. Argomuellera trewioides (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Comoros
formerly included

moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
  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.