Paranecepsia
| Paranecepsia | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Bernardieae |
| Genus: | Paranecepsia Radcl.-Sm. |
| Binomial name | |
| Paranecepsia alchorneifolia Radcl.-Sm. | |
Paranecepsia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1976.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Paranecepsia alchorneifolia, native to southeastern Africa (eastern Tanzania and Niassa Province in northern Mozambique).[3][4]
The species has been classified as vulnerable.[5]
References
- ↑ Radcliffe-Smith, Alan. 1976. Kew Bulletin 30: 684
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. Paranecepsia alchorneifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.