Meineckia

Meineckia
Illustration of Meineckia nusbaumeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Poranthereae
Genus: Meineckia
Baill.
Type species
Meineckia phyllanthoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Peltandra Wight
  • Cluytiandra Müll.Arg.
  • Zimmermannia Pax
  • Neopeltandra Gamble
  • Zimmermanniopsis Radcl.-Sm.

Meineckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3]

Meineckia is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.[4] They are native to the Americas, South Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.[1] The genus is particularly well represented in Madagascar. Species of Meineckia may be monoecious or dioecious. They are trees or shrubs, or rarely, they are subherbaceous.

Species[1][5]
  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 586
  3. ^ Tropicos, Meineckia Baill.
  4. ^ Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin 63(1):41-59.
  5. ^ Ralimanana, Hélène (6 September 2017). "Two new species of Meineckia Baill. (Phyllanthaceae) from Madagascar". Kew Bulletin. 72 (3): 35. Bibcode:2017KewBu..72...35R. doi:10.1007/s12225-017-9709-2.