Botryophora

Botryophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Blumeodendrinae
Genus: Botryophora
Hook.f.
Species:
B. geniculata
Binomial name
Botryophora geniculata
(Miq.) Beumée ex Airy Shaw
Synonyms[1]
  • Sterculia geniculata Miq.
  • Botryophora kingii Hook.f.

Botryophora is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1888.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Botryophora geniculata, native to Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.[1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1888. Flora of British India 5: 476 in English
  3. ^ Tropicos, Botryophora Hook. f.
  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.
  5. ^ Chayamarit, K. & Van Welzen, P.C. (2005). Euphorbiaceae (Genera A-F). Flora of Thailand 8(1): 1-303. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok