Myricanthe

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Myricanthe
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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: Myricanthe
Airy Shaw
Species:
M. discolor
Binomial name
Myricanthe discolor
Synonyms [1]

Myricanthe discolor var. viridisAiry Shaw

Myricanthe is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1980. [2] [3] It has only one known species, Myricanthe discolor, endemic to New Caledonia. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1980. Kew Bulletin 35: 390
  3. Tropicos, Myricanthe Airy Shaw