Neoshirakia

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Neoshirakia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Neoshirakia
Esser
Species:
N. japonica
Binomial name
Neoshirakia japonica
Synonyms [2]
  • Shirakia Hurus., illegitimate name
  • Stillingia japonica Siebold & Zucc.
  • Triadica japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Baill.
  • Excoecaria japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Müll.Arg.
  • Sapium japonicum(Siebold & Zucc.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Shirakia japonica(Siebold & Zucc.) Hurus.
  • Croton sirakiiSiebold & Zucc.
  • Neoshirakia atrobadiomaculata(F.P.Metcalf) Esser & P.T.Li
  • Sapium atrobadiomaculatumF.P.Metcalf

Neoshirakia, known as milktree, [3] is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae, native to east Asia. It is part of a group first described in 1954 with the name Shirakia, but this proved to be an illegitimate name, unacceptable under the Code of Nomenclature. The genus was later divided, with its species distributed amongst three genera: Neoshirakia, Shirakiopsis , and Triadica . Neoshirakia contains only one known species, Neoshirakia japonica, known as tallow tree, [3] native to China, Korea, and Japan (including Nansei-shotō). The name Shirakia thus became a synonym of Neoshirakia because S. japonica was the type species for that genus, the species now renamed N. japonica. [2] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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  4. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 286 白木乌桕属 bai mu wu jiu shu Neoshirakia Esser, Blumea. 43: 129. 1998.
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  6. Hurusawa, Isao. 1954. Journal of the Faculty of Science: University of Tokyo, Section 3, Botany 6: 317
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