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Cladogynos

Cladogynos is a genus of shrubs in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1841. It contains only one known species, Cladogynos orientalis, native to Southeast Asia and southern China.

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Cladogynos
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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: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Epiprininae
Genus: Cladogynos
Zipp. ex Span.
Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Cladogynos orientalis
Synonyms1
  • Adenogynum Rchb.f. & Zoll.
  • Baprea Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Chloradenia Baill.
  • Cephalocroton orientalis (Zipp. ex Span.) Miq.
  • Conceveiba tomentosa Span.
  • Rottlera albicans Hassk.
  • Adenogynum discolor Rchb.f. & Zoll.
  • Chloradenia discolor (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Baill.
  • Adenogynum odontophyllum Miq.
  • Cephalocroton discolor (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg.
  • Adenochlaena siamensis Ridl.
  • Baprea bicolor Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Cladogynos orientalis var. grossedentata Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Cladogynos orientalis var. virens (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Cladogynos is a genus of shrubs in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1841.23 It contains only one known species, Cladogynos orientalis, native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines) and southern China (Guangxi Province).1456

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Spanoghe, Johan Baptist. 1841. Linnaea : Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 15: 349 in Latin
  3. Tropicos
  4. Flora of China, Vol. 11 Page 248 白大凤 bai da feng Cladogynos orientalis Zippelius ex Spanoghe, Linnaea. 15: 349. 1841.
  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.
  6. 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.