Biology:Gymnanthes

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Oysterwood
Gymnanthes lucida.gif
Gymnanthes lucida in Florida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Gymnanthes
Sw.
Type species
Gymnanthes lucida
Synonyms[2]
  • Ateramnus P.Browne
  • Duvigneaudia J.Léonard
  • Gussonia Spreng.
  • Gymnanthus Endl.
  • Sarothrostachys Klotzsch

Gymnanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1788.[3][1] It is found primarily in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (from Florida and Mexico south to Argentina), but with some species in central Africa and southwestern Southeast Asia.[2][4][5][6][7]

Members of the genus are commonly known as oysterwood.[8] The genus has 45 species and is pantropical.

Species[2]


Species[2]

moved to other genera: Actinostemon Ditrysinia Microstachys Sebastiania Stillingia


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Gymnanthes Sw.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 95–96
  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. Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
  6. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1087–1144
  8. Miroslav M. Grandtner, ed (2005). "Gymnanthes Sw.". Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC. 

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