Biology:Erismanthus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Erismanthus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Erismantheae
Genus: Erismanthus
Wall. ex Müll.Arg.
Type species
Erismanthus obliquus
Wall. ex Müll.Arg.

Erismanthus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1866.[1][2] It is native to Southeast Asia and southern China .[3][4][5]

Species[3]
  1. Erismanthus obliquus Wall. ex Müll.Arg. - S Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  2. Erismanthus sinensis Oliv. - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan
formerly included

Erismanthus leembruggianus Boerl. & Koord., synonym of Moultonianthus leembruggianus (Boerl. & Koord.) Steenis

References

  1. ↑ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 1138 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  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.
  5. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 274 轴花木属 zhou hua mu shu Erismanthus Wallich ex Müller Argoviensis in A. Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1138. 1866.

Wikidata ☰ Q5224036 entry