Cocconerion

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Cocconerion
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Ricinocarpeae
Subtribe: Bertyinae
Genus: Cocconerion
Baill.

Cocconerion is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873. [1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia [3] and is related to Baloghia . [4]

Species [3]
  1. Cocconerion balansae Baill. – SE New Caledonia
  2. Cocconerion minus Baill. – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands

References

  1. ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1873. 11: 87-90 descriptions in Latin, extensive commentary in French
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Cocconerion Baill.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Tokuoka, Toru (2007). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences and ovule and seed character evolution". Journal of Plant Research. 120 (4): 511–522. doi:10.1007/s10265-007-0090-3. PMID   17530165.