Moultonianthus

Moultonianthus leembruggianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Erismantheae
Genus: Moultonianthus
Merr.
Species: M. leembruggianus
Binomial name
Moultonianthus leembruggianus
(Boerl. & Koord.) Steenis
Type species
Moultonianthus borneensis (syn of M. leembruggianus)
Merr.

Moultonianthus is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1916.[1] The only known species is Moultonianthus leembruggianus, native to Borneo and Sumatra.[2][3]

References

  1. Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1916. Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany 11: 70-71 genus description in Latin only; species description in Latin with parallel English translation; other notes in English
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 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.