Sphaerostylis

Sphaerostylis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Tragiinae
Genus: Sphaerostylis
Baill.

Sphaerostylis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Sphaerostylis perrieri Leandri
  2. Sphaerostylis tulasneana Baill.
Formerly included[3]

moved to other genera (Megistostigma Tragiella )

  1. Sphaerostylis anomala - Tragiella anomala
  2. Sphaerostylis cordata - Megistostigma cordatum
  3. Sphaerostylis frieseana - Tragiella frieseana
  4. Sphaerostylis glabrata - Megistostigma glabratum
  5. Sphaerostylis malaccensis - Megistostigma glabratum
  6. Sphaerostylis natalensis - Tragiella natalensis
  1. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 466
  2. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  3. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  4. ^ 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.