Argomuellera

Argomuellera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Argomuellera
Pax
Type species
Argomuellera macrophylla
Pax
Synonyms[1]

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[2][3] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Argomuellera basicordata Peter ex Radcl.-Sm. - Lushoto
  2. Argomuellera calcicola (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  3. Argomuellera danguyana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  4. Argomuellera decaryana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  5. Argomuellera gigantea (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nosy Be Island
  6. Argomuellera lancifolia (Pax) Pax - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
  7. Argomuellera macrophylla Pax - tropical Africa
  8. Argomuellera perrieri (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  9. Argomuellera pierlotiana J.Léonard - Zaïre
  10. Argomuellera pumila McPherson - Madagascar
  11. Argomuellera sessilifolia Prain - Congo
  12. Argomuellera trewioides (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Comoros
formerly included

moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
  4. ↑ 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.






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