Biology:Micrococca

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Micrococca
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Claoxylinae
Genus: Micrococca
Benth.
Type species
Micrococca mercurialis[1]
(L.) Benth.

Micrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849.[2] It is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Old World Tropics).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Species

[3]


formerly included

moved to Erythrococca

  • Micrococca berberidea - Erythrococca berberidea
  • Micrococca natalensis - Erythrococca natalensis

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos
  2. Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 503. in Latin
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  5. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  6. Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  7. Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  8. Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.

Wikidata ☰ Q5194789 entry