Biology:Thecacoris

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Thecacoris
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Antidesmateae
Subtribe: Antidesmatinae
Genus: Thecacoris
A.Juss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Baccaureopsis Pax
  • Cyathogyne Müll.Arg.
  • Henribaillonia Kuntze

Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[6] although it may rarely be monoecious.[7]

Species[1]


formerly included

moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus

  1. Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata
  2. Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105
  3. Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss
  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.
  5. Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350.
  6. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin 61 (1): 37–53. 
  7. Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335. 

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