Erythrococca

Erythrococca
Erythrococca menyharthii in Botswana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Claoxylinae
Genus: Erythrococca
Benth.
Type species
Erythrococca aculeata (syn of E. anomala)
Synonyms[2]
  • Athroandra (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Autrandra Pierre ex Prain
  • Chloropatane Engl.
  • Deflersia Schweinf. ex Penz.
  • Poggeophyton Pax

Erythrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849.[3] It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[2][4][5][6][7]

Species[2]
  1. Erythrococca abyssinica - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
  2. Erythrococca africana - W + C Africa
  3. Erythrococca angolensis - Angola, Zambia
  4. Erythrococca anomala - W + C Africa
  5. Erythrococca atrovirens - W + C Africa
  6. Erythrococca berberidea - Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
  7. Erythrococca bongensis - E + C Africa
  8. Erythrococca chevalieri - Guinea, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville
  9. Erythrococca columnaris - Príncipe, Gabon, Central African Republic
  10. Erythrococca dewevrei - Zaïre, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
  11. Erythrococca fischeri - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
  12. Erythrococca hispida - Cameroon
  13. Erythrococca integrifolia - Somalia
  14. Erythrococca kirkii - Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique
  15. Erythrococca laurentii - Zaïre
  16. Erythrococca macrophylla - Zaïre
  17. Erythrococca mannii - Pico Basilé
  18. Erythrococca membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
  19. Erythrococca menyharthii - E + S Africa from Kenya to Namibia
  20. Erythrococca molleri - São Tomé
  21. Erythrococca natalensis - KwaZulu-Natal
  22. Erythrococca neglecta - Angola
  23. Erythrococca pallidifolia - Bioko
  24. Erythrococca parvifolia - Ethiopia
  25. Erythrococca patula - Cameroon
  26. Erythrococca pauciflora - Angola
  27. Erythrococca pentagyna - Kenya
  28. Erythrococca poggei - Congo, Zaïre
  29. Erythrococca poggeophyton - Zaïre
  30. Erythrococca polyandra - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea
  31. Erythrococca pubescens - Kenya
  32. Erythrococca rivularis - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
  33. Erythrococca sanjensis - Tanzania
  34. Erythrococca subspicata - Congo, Zaïre, Central African Republic
  35. Erythrococca trichogyne - Ethiopia to Botswana
  36. Erythrococca tristis - Angola
  37. Erythrococca ulugurensis - Tanzania, Malawi
  38. Erythrococca uniflora - Ethiopia
  39. Erythrococca usambarica - Tanzania, Kenya
  40. Erythrococca welwitschiana - C Africa
  41. Erythrococca zambesiaca - Malawi, Mozambique
  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
  3. ^ Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 506. in Latin
  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. ^ Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  6. ^ Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  7. ^ Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.