Vaupesia

Vaupesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Jatropheae
Genus:	Vaupesia R.E.Schult.
Species:	V. cataractarum
Binomial name
Vaupesia cataractarum R.E.Schult.

Vaupesia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955. ^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Vaupesia cataractarum, native to southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil. ^[3]

References

1. Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 [map], 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English
2. Tropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families