Benoistia

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Benoistia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Aleuritideae
Subtribe: Benoistiinae
Genus: Benoistia
H.Perrier & Leandri

Benoistia is a genus of shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) and the monotypic subtribe Benoistiinae. It was first described as a genus in 1939. [1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar. [3] [4] It is dioecious. [5]

Species [3]
  1. Benoistia orientalis Radcl.-Sm. - N + E Madagascar
  2. Benoistia perrieri H.Perrier & Leandri - Madagascar
  3. Benoistia sambiranensis H.Perrier & Leandri - N Madagascar

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References

  1. ↑ Perrier de la Bâthie, Joseph Marie Henry Alfred & Leandri, Jacques Désiré . 1939. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 85: 528.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Benoistia H. Perrier & Leandri
  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.
  5. ↑ Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR   2666174.
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