Vaupesia

Vaupesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Vaupesia
R.E.Schult.
Species: V. cataractarum
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]

References

  1. ↑ Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 [map], 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes.
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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