Plukenetia

Plukenetia
Plukenetia volubilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Plukenetiinae
Genus: Plukenetia
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Synonyms[1]

Plukenetia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae.[2][3] It is widespread in tropical regions of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.[1][4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Plukenetia africana - southern Africa
  2. Plukenetia ankaranensis - Madagascar
  3. Plukenetia brachybotrya - W + C South America
  4. Plukenetia carabiasiae - Oaxaca
  5. Plukenetia conophora - W + C Africa
  6. Plukenetia corniculata - S + SE Asia
  7. Plukenetia decidua - Madagascar
  8. Plukenetia huayllabambana - Peru
  9. Plukenetia lehmanniana - Colombia, Ecuador
  10. Plukenetia loretensis - tropical South America
  11. Plukenetia madagascariensis - Madagascar
  12. Plukenetia multiglandulosa - Amazonas State
  13. Plukenetia penninervia - S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
  14. Plukenetia polyadenia - N South America
  15. Plukenetia procumbens - Angola
  16. Plukenetia serrata - E Brazil
  17. Plukenetia stipellata - S Mexico, Central America
  18. Plukenetia supraglandulosa - French Guiana, Amapá
  19. Plukenetia verrucosa - Trinidad, 3 Guianas, N Brazil
  20. Plukenetia volubilis - N + W South America; Windward Islands
formerly included

moved to other genera (Hamilcoa, Romanoa)

  1. Plukenetia occidentalis - Romanoa tamnoides
  2. Plukenetia sinuata - Romanoa tamnoides var. sinuata
  3. Plukenetia tamnoides - Romanoa tamnoides
  4. Plukenetia zenkeri - Hamilcoa zenkeri
  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1192
  3. ^ Tropicos
  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. ^ Gillespie, L.J. (2007). A revision of Paleotropical Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae) including two new species from Madagascar. Systematic Botany 32: 780-802.