Droceloncia

Droceloncia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Droceloncia
J.Léonard
Binomial name
Droceloncia rigidifolia
(Baill.) J.Léonard
Synonyms[1]

Droceloncia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1959.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Droceloncia rigidifolia, native to Madagascar and to the nearby island of Mayotte.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique 91: 279
  3. Tropicos, Droceloncia J. Léonard
  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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