Muricococcum

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Muricococcum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Cephalomappinae
Genus: Muricococcum
Chun & F.C.How
Species:
M. sinense
Binomial name
Muricococcum sinense
Chun & F.C.How
Synonyms [2]
  • Cephalomappa sinensis(Chun & F.C.How) Kosterm.,

Muricococcum is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1956. [3] [4] It contains only one known species, Muricococcum sinense , native to southern China (Guangxi, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam. [2] [5] [6]

The species is listed as vulnerable. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cephalomappa sinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Chun, Woon Young & How, Foon-Chew. 1956. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 5(1): 14–15
  4. Tropicos, genus Muricococcum
  5. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 250 肥牛树 fei niu shu Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F. C. How) Kostermans, Reinwardtia. 5: 413. 1961
  6. 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.