Adenopeltis

Adenopeltis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Euphorbioideae
Tribe:	Hippomaneae
Subtribe:	Hippomaninae
Genus:	Adenopeltis Bertero ex A.Juss.
Species:	A. serrata
Binomial name
Adenopeltis serrata (W.T.Aiton) I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms [1]
Excoecaria serrataW.T.Aiton Adenopeltis colliguayaBertero ex A.Juss. Excoecaria marginataKunze ex Baill. Stillingia glandulosaDombey ex Baill. Excoecaria colliguaya(Bertero ex A.Juss.) Baill.

Adenopeltis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1832. ^{[2] [3]} Its name comes from Greek and means "glandular shield". It contains only one known species, Adenopeltis serrata, a shrub endemic to Chile. ^{[1] [4]} It is distributed from the Coquimbo to the Biobio regions. ^[5]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1832. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 25: 24-27 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
3. Tropicos, Adenopeltis Bertero ex A. Juss.
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. Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro (2018). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi: 10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 . ISSN   0717-6643.