Biology:Cephalocrotonopsis

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Short description: Species of plant

Cephalocrotonopsis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Epiprininae
Genus: Cephalocrotonopsis
Pax
Species:
C. socotranus
Binomial name
Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
(Balf.f.) Pax
Synonyms[2]

Cephalocroton socotranus Balf.f.

Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910.[3][4] It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.[2][5]

The species is listed as vulnerable.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Miller, A. (2004). "Cephalocroton socotranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44893A10951070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44893A10951070.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44893/10951070. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 II(Heft 44): 15
  4. Tropicos, genus Cephalocrotonopsis
  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.

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