Biology:Argomuellera

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae

Argomuellera
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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.[3][4] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar , and the Comoros Islands.[1][5]

Species[1]


Formerly included

moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma

  • Argomuellera reticulata - Pycnocoma reticulata
  • Argomuellera rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia

Notes

  1. This genus name is one anagram from Trewia, another genus of Euphorbiaceae.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06) (in de). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A7. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. 
  3. Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  4. Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
  5. 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 ☰ Q4789654 entry