Micrococca

Micrococca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Claoxylinae
Genus: Micrococca
Benth.
Type species
Micrococca mercurialis[1]
(L.) Benth.

Micrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849.[2] It is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Old World Tropics).[1][3][4][5] [6][7][8]

Species[3]
  1. Micrococca beddomei - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
  2. Micrococca capensis - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Micrococca holstii - Kenya, Tanzania
  4. Micrococca humblotiana - Comoros
  5. Micrococca johorica - Johor
  6. Micrococca lancifolia - Madagascar
  7. Micrococca malaccensis - Peninsular Malaysia
  8. Micrococca mercurialis - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
  9. Micrococca oligandra - Sri Lanka, S India
  10. Micrococca scariosa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
  11. Micrococca volkensii - Tanzania
  12. Micrococca wightii - Tamil Nadu
formerly included

moved to Erythrococca

  1. Micrococca berberidea - Erythrococca berberidea
  2. Micrococca natalensis - Erythrococca natalensis


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos
  2. ↑ Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 503. in Latin
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  5. ↑ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  6. ↑ Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  7. ↑ Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  8. ↑ Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.