Garciadelia

Garciadelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Garciadelia
Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr.

Garciadelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 2010.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the Island of Hispaniola in the West Indies (divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Garciadelia abbottii Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Dominican Republic
  2. Garciadelia castilloae Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Dominican Republic
  3. Garciadelia leprosa (Willd.) Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Haiti, Dominican Republic
  4. Garciadelia mejiae Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Dominican Republic

References

  1. ↑ Jestrow, Brett. 2010. Taxon 59(6): 1809–1812
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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