Erythrococca

Erythrococca
Erythrococca menyharthii in Botswana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Acalypheae
Subtribe:	Claoxylinae
Genus:	Erythrococca Benth.
Type species
Erythrococca aculeata (syn of E. anomala) Benth. [1]
Synonyms [2]
Athroandra(Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. AutrandraPierre ex Prain Chloropatane Engl. Deflersia Schweinf. ex Penz. Poggeophyton Pax

Erythrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849. ^[3] It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. ^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Species ^[2]

1. Erythrococca abyssinica - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
2. Erythrococca africana - W + C Africa
3. Erythrococca angolensis - Angola, Zambia
4. Erythrococca anomala - W + C Africa
5. Erythrococca atrovirens - W + C Africa
6. Erythrococca berberidea - Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
7. Erythrococca bongensis - E + C Africa
8. Erythrococca chevalieri - Guinea, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville
9. Erythrococca columnaris - Príncipe, Gabon, Central African Republic
10. Erythrococca dewevrei - Zaïre, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
11. Erythrococca fischeri - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
12. Erythrococca hispida - Cameroon
13. Erythrococca integrifolia - Somalia
14. Erythrococca kirkii - Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique
15. Erythrococca laurentii - Zaïre
16. Erythrococca macrophylla - Zaïre
17. Erythrococca mannii - Pico Basilé
18. Erythrococca membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
19. Erythrococca menyharthii - E + S Africa from Kenya to Namibia
20. Erythrococca molleri - São Tomé
21. Erythrococca natalensis - KwaZulu-Natal
22. Erythrococca neglecta - Angola
23. Erythrococca pallidifolia - Bioko
24. Erythrococca parvifolia - Ethiopia
25. Erythrococca patula - Cameroon
26. Erythrococca pauciflora - Angola
27. Erythrococca pentagyna - Kenya
28. Erythrococca poggei - Congo, Zaïre
29. Erythrococca poggeophyton - Zaïre
30. Erythrococca polyandra - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea
31. Erythrococca pubescens - Kenya
32. Erythrococca rivularis - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
33. Erythrococca sanjensis - Tanzania
34. Erythrococca subspicata - Congo, Zaïre, Central African Republic
35. Erythrococca trichogyne - Ethiopia to Botswana
36. Erythrococca tristis - Angola
37. Erythrococca ulugurensis - Tanzania, Malawi
38. Erythrococca uniflora - Ethiopia
39. Erythrococca usambarica - Tanzania, Kenya
40. Erythrococca welwitschiana - C Africa
41. Erythrococca zambesiaca - Malawi, Mozambique

References

1. Tropicos
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
3. Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 506. in Latin
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. Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
6. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
7. Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.