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Argomuellera

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.Species

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Argomuellera
Argomuellera macrophylla at Lowveld National Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Argomuellera
Pax
Type species
Argomuellera macrophylla
Synonyms1

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894.34 It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.15

Species1
  1. Argomuellera basicordata Peter ex Radcl.-Sm. - Lushoto
  2. Argomuellera calcicola (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  3. Argomuellera danguyana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  4. Argomuellera decaryana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  5. Argomuellera gigantea (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nosy Be Island
  6. Argomuellera lancifolia (Pax) Pax - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
  7. Argomuellera macrophylla Pax - tropical Africa
  8. Argomuellera perrieri (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
  9. Argomuellera pierlotiana J.Léonard - Zaïre
  10. Argomuellera pumila McPherson - Madagascar
  11. Argomuellera sessilifolia Prain - Congo
  12. Argomuellera trewioides (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Comoros
Formerly included

moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma

Notes

Notes

  1. This genus name is one anagram from Trewia, another genus of Euphorbiaceae.2
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A7. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
  3. Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  4. Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
  5. 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.