Muricococcum

Muricococcum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Cephalomappinae
Genus: Muricococcum
Chun & F.C.How
Binomial name
Muricococcum sinense
Chun & F.C.How
Synonyms[1]
  • Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F.C.How) Kosterm.,

Muricococcum is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1956.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Muricococcum sinense, native to southern China (Guangxi, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.[1][4][5]

The species is listed as vulnerable.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Chun, Woon Young & How, Foon-Chew. 1956. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 5(1): 14–15
  3. Tropicos, genus Muricococcum
  4. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 250 肥牛树 fei niu shu Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F. C. How) Kostermans, Reinwardtia. 5: 413. 1961
  5. 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.
  6. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cephalomappa sinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.