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.