Chiropetalum

Chiropetalum
Chiropetalum tricuspidatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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]
  1. Chiropetalum anisotrichum - Rio Grande do Sul
  2. Chiropetalum argentinense - N Argentina
  3. Chiropetalum astroplethos - Coahuila, Nuevo León, Texas, Veracruz
  4. Chiropetalum berterianum - Chile
  5. Chiropetalum boliviense - Bolivia, NW Argentina
  6. Chiropetalum canescens - N Chile
  7. Chiropetalum cremnophilum - N Chile
  8. Chiropetalum foliosum - S Brazil
  9. Chiropetalum griseum - Brazil, N Argentina, Paraguay
  10. Chiropetalum gymnadenium - Minas Gerais, São Paulo
  11. Chiropetalum intermedium - Uruguay, Buenos Aires
  12. Chiropetalum molle - Rio Grande do Sul
  13. Chiropetalum patagonicum - Argentina
  14. Chiropetalum pavonianum - Peru
  15. Chiropetalum phalacradenium - Santa Catarina
  16. Chiropetalum pilosistylum - Rio Grande do Sul
  17. Chiropetalum puntaloberense - Uruguay
  18. Chiropetalum quinquecuspidatum - Peru
  19. Chiropetalum ramboi - Rio Grande do Sul
  20. Chiropetalum ruizianum - Peru
  21. Chiropetalum schiedeanum - Mexico
  22. Chiropetalum tricoccum - S Brazil, N Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  23. Chiropetalum tricuspidatum - Chile

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 http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. 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.