Biology:Alphandia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Alphandia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Ricinocarpeae
Subtribe: Ricinocarpinae
Genus: Alphandia
Baill.

Alphandia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873.[1][2] It is native to certain islands in the western Pacific (New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia).[3][4]

species[3]
  1. Alphandia furfuracea Baill. - New Caledonia, Aneityum
  2. Alphandia resinosa Baill. - Art Island in New Caledonia
  3. Alphandia verniciflua Airy Shaw - West New Guinea

References

  1. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1873. Adansonia 11: 85-87 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  2. Tropicos, Alphandia Baill.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q4735268 entry