Biology:Orfilea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Orfilea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Alchorneae
Subtribe: Alchorneinae
Genus: Orfilea
Baill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Diderotia Baill.
  • Lautembergia Baill.

Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3][4] It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][5]

Species[1]
  1. Orfilea ankafinensis (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
  2. Orfilea coriacea Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar
  3. Orfilea multispicata (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
  4. Orfilea neraudiana (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 452
  3. Tropicos
  4. Webster, G. L. 1994. Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 33–144
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q7101718 entry