Zuckertia

Zuckertia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Tragiinae
Genus: Zuckertia
Baill.
Binomial name
Zuckertia cordata
Baill.
Synonyms[1]

Zuckertia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Zuckertia cordata, native to southern Mexico and Central America.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 495
  3. Tropicos, Zuckertia Baill.
  4. Medeiros, D., de Senna Valle, L. & Valka Alves, J.V. (2013). Revalidation of the genera Bia and Zuckertia (Euphorbiaceae) with B. capivarensis sp. nov. from Serra da Capivara, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 595-602.


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