Amperea

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Amperea
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Amperea xiphoclada
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Ampereae
Genus: Amperea
A.Juss.

Amperea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1824. [1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to Australia. [3] [4]

Species

  1. Amperea conferta Benth. - Western Australia
  2. Amperea ericoides A.Juss. - Western Australia
  3. Amperea micrantha Benth. - Western Australia
  4. Amperea protensa Nees - Western Australia
  5. Amperea simulans R.J.F.Hend. - Western Australia
  6. Amperea spicata Airy Shaw - Northern Territory
  7. Amperea volubilis F.Muell. ex Benth. - Western Australia
  8. Amperea xiphoclada (Sieber ex Spreng.) Druce - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia

Source: [3]

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References

  1. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 35
  2. Tropicos
  3. 1 2 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.