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Cnesmone

Cnesmone is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to southern China and to much of Southeast Asia.Species

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Cnesmone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Tragiinae
Genus: Cnesmone
Blume
Synonyms1

Cnesmone is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1826.23 It is native to southern China and to much of Southeast Asia (Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).145

Species1
  1. Cnesmone anisosepala - Hainan
  2. Cnesmone hainanensis - Hainan
  3. Cnesmone javanica - Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Assam, N Bangladesh, Indochina, Andaman & Nicobar, Malaysia, W Indonesia
  4. Cnesmone laevis - S Thailand, Langkawi
  5. Cnesmone laotica - Laos, Cambodia, Thailand
  6. Cnesmone linearis - Vietnam
  7. Cnesmone mairei - Yunnan
  8. Cnesmone peltata - Vietnam
  9. Cnesmone philippinensis - Philippines
  10. Cnesmone poilanei - Vietnam
  11. Cnesmone subpeltata - Peninsular Malaysia
formerly included1

moved to Megistostigma

  • Cnesmone glabrata - Megistostigma glabratum
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1826. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 630-631 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Cnesmone
  4. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 165, 255 粗毛藤属 cu mao teng shu Cnesmone Blume, Bijdr. 630. 1826.
  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.