Dimorphocalyx

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Dimorphocalyx
Dimorphocalyx glabellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Dimorphocalyx
Thwaites

Dimorphocalyx is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.[1][2] It is native to Southeast Asia, Hainan, India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, and Queensland.[3][4][5]

Species[3]
Formerly included[3]

moved to Actephila Blachia Trigonostemon

  1. D. andamanicus - Blachia andamanica
  2. D. borneensis - Trigonostemon polyanthus
  3. D. capillipes - Trigonostemon capillipes
  4. D. longipes - Trigonostemon longipes
  5. D. ovalis - Actephila ovalis

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 278 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ^ Tropicos, Dimorphocalyx Thwaites
  3. ^ a b c 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 272 异萼木属 yi e mu shu Dimorphocalyx Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 278. 1861