Vaupesia
| Vaupesia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Jatropheae |
| Genus: | Vaupesia R.E.Schult. |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaupesia cataractarum R.E.Schult. | |
Vaupesia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Vaupesia cataractarum, native to southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil.[3]