Cephalocrotonopsis

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Cephalocrotonopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Epiprininae
Genus: Cephalocrotonopsis
Pax
Species:
C. socotranus
Binomial name
Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
Synonyms [2]

Cephalocroton socotranusBalf.f.

Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. [3] [4] It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen. [2] [5]

The species is listed as vulnerable. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Miller, A. 2004. Cephalocroton socotranus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 II(Heft 44): 15
  4. ↑ Tropicos, genus Cephalocrotonopsis
  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.


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