Oligoceras

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Oligoceras
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Jatropheae
Genus: Oligoceras
Gagnep.
Species:
O. eberhardtii
Binomial name
Oligoceras eberhardtii

Oligoceras is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1924. [1] It contains only one known species, Oligoceras eberhardtii, endemic to Vietnam. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Gagnepain, François. 1924. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 71: 872
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 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.