Adenophaedra

Adenophaedra
Illustration of Adenophaedra megalophylla accompanying its protologue.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Bernardieae
Genus:	Adenophaedra (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg.
Type species
Adenophaedra megaphylla (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Bernardia Section Adenophaedra Mull.Arg. in Linnaea 34:172, 1865

Adenophaedra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1874. ^{[1] [2]} It is native to tropical regions of South America and Central America. ^{[3] [4]}

Species ^[4]

1. Adenophaedra cearensis Secco - Ceará
2. Adenophaedra grandifolia (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
3. Adenophaedra megaphylla (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, E Brazil

References

1. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1874. in Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von, Flora Brasiliensis 11(2): 385 in Latin
2. Tropicos
3. 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.
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families