Cladodes

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In botany, "Cladodes" may refer to a synonym of the genus Alchornea or to the plural of "cladode".

Cladodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Lampyrinae
Genus: Cladodes
Solier[ verification needed ], 1849
Synonyms

NyctocrepisMotschulsky, 1853 Rhipidophorus Solier in Gay, 1849 (non Gistl, 1847: preoccupied)

Cladodes is a genus of firefly beetles.

It used to be included in the subfamily Amydetinae, which is probably a highly artificial paraphyletic assemblage however. Thus, the genus is moved to the Lampyrinae for the time being.

Species within this genus include:

References


    Cladode A green leaf-like plant shoot. [1]

    1. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F.1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles Cambridge University Press . ISBN   0 521 04656 4