Sphyranthera

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Sphyranthera
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Pl. 1702 [1] Sphyranthera lutescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Sphyranthereae
Radcl.-Sm.
Genus: Sphyranthera
Hook.f.

Sphyranthera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of its tribe (Sphyranthereae). It was first described in 1887. [1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, politically part of India but geographically closer to Myanmar.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 18: plate 1702 description in Latin, commentary in English, illustrated with full-page line drawing
  2. Tropicos, Sphyranthera Hook. f.