Droceloncia

Droceloncia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Pycnocomeae
Subtribe:	Pycnocominae
Genus:	Droceloncia J.Léonard
Species:	D. rigidifolia
Binomial name
Droceloncia rigidifolia (Baill.) J.Léonard
Synonyms [1]
Pycnocoma rigidifolia Baill. Wetriaria rigidifolia(Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Argomuellera rigidifolia(Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Droceloncia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1959. ^{[2] [3]} It contains only one known species, Droceloncia rigidifolia, native to Madagascar and to the nearby island of Mayotte. ^{[1] [4]}

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1959. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique 91: 279
3. Tropicos, Droceloncia J. Léonard
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.