Argomuellera

Argomuellera
Argomuellera macrophylla at Lowveld National Botanical Garden, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Pycnocomeae
Subtribe:	Pycnocominae
Genus:	Argomuellera Pax
Type species
Argomuellera macrophylla Pax
Synonyms [1]
Neopycnocoma Pax Wetriaria Pax [a]

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894. ^{[3] [4]} It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands. ^{[1] [5]}

Species ^[1]

1. Argomuellera basicordata Peter ex Radcl.-Sm. - Lushoto
2. Argomuellera calcicola (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
3. Argomuellera danguyana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
4. Argomuellera decaryana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
5. Argomuellera gigantea (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nosy Be Island
6. Argomuellera lancifolia (Pax) Pax - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
7. Argomuellera macrophylla Pax - tropical Africa
8. Argomuellera perrieri (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
9. Argomuellera pierlotiana J.Léonard - Zaïre
10. Argomuellera pumila McPherson - Madagascar
11. Argomuellera sessilifolia Prain - Congo
12. Argomuellera trewioides (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Comoros

Formerly included

moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma

• Argomuellera reticulata - Pycnocoma reticulata
• Argomuellera rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia

Notes

1. This genus name is one anagram from Trewia , another genus of Euphorbiaceae. ^[2]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A7. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5.
3. Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
4. Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
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.