Biology:Lasiococca brevipes

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Short description: Species of plant

Lasiococca brevipes
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Lasiococca
Species:
L. brevipes
Binomial name
Lasiococca brevipes
(Merr.) Welzen & S.E.C.Sierra[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lasiococca malaccensis Airy Shaw
  • Merr. Mallotus brevipes

Lasiococca brevipes, synonym Lasiococca malaccensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines , and Sulawesi.[1] It was first described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1915 as Mallotus brevipes.[2]

Conservation

Lasiococca malaccensis was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Peninsular Malaysia.[3] (As of February 2023), L. malaccensis was regarded as a synonym of Lasiococca brevipes, which has a wider distribution.[1]

References

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