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Dodecastigma

Dodecastigma is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1932. It is native to northern South America.SpeciesDodecastigma amazonicum Ducke - Amazonas State in Brazil Dodecastigma integrifolium (Lanj.) Lanj. & Sandwith - French Guiana, Guyana, N Brazil Dodecastigma uleanum (Pax & K.Hoffm.) G.L.Webster - Amazonas, Amapá

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Dodecastigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Dodecastigma
Ducke
Synonyms1

Anomalocalyx Ducke

Dodecastigma is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1932.23 It is native to northern South America.14

Species1
  1. Dodecastigma amazonicum Ducke - Amazonas State in Brazil
  2. Dodecastigma integrifolium (Lanj.) Lanj. & Sandwith - French Guiana, Guyana, N Brazil
  3. Dodecastigma uleanum (Pax & K.Hoffm.) G.L.Webster - Amazonas, Amapá
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Ducke, Walter Adolpho. 1932. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 343
  3. Tropicos, Dodecastigma Ducke
  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.