Grossera

Grossera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Aleuritideae
Subtribe: Grosserinae
Genus: Grossera
Pax
Synonyms[1]

Fourneaua Pierre ex Prain

Grossera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903.[2][3] It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Grossera elongata Hutch. - Príncipe
  2. Grossera glomeratospicata J.Léonard - Zaïre
  3. Grossera macrantha Pax - Zaïre, Congo, Cameroon, Central African Rep
  4. Grossera major Pax - Cameroon
  5. Grossera multinervis J.Léonard - Zaïre, São Tomé
  6. Grossera paniculata Pax - Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
  7. Grossera perrieri Leandri - Madagascar
  8. Grossera vignei Hoyle - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo
formerly included[1]

moved to Cavacoa

  1. G. aurea - Cavacoa aurea
  2. G. baldwinii - Cavacoa baldwinii
  3. G. quintasii - Cavacoa quintasii

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 281-282 descriptions in Latin, commentary and range information in German
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Grossera 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.