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Euceraea

Euceraea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. The genus is native to north South America throughout the North Region of Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Euceraea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Samydoideae
Genus: Euceraea
Mart.
Type species
Euceraea nitida1
Species

3; see text

Euceraea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.2 The genus is native to north South America throughout the North Region of Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.2345

Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae6 but was moved along with its close relatives to the Salicaceae based on analyses of DNA data.7 Euceraea is closely related to the genera Casearia and Neoptychocarpus, but differs in its inflorescences of composite spikes.8 One species, Euceraea rheophytica, is a rheophyte.9

In 2022, Euceraea became a synonym of the genus Casearia, though many sources still consider the genus separate.10

Known species

The following species are accepted by World Flora Online:2

References

References

  1. "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  2. "Euceraea Mart". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  3. "Euceraea nitida Mart". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  4. "Euceraea rheophytica P.E.Berry & M.E.Olson". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  5. "Euceraea sleumeriana Steyerm. & Maguire". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  6. Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso. 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05.
  7. Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
  8. Sleumer, Hermann (1980). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Neotropica. 22: 1–499.
  9. Berry, Paul; Olson, Matt (1998). "A new rheophytic species of Euceraea (Flacourtiaceae) from Sierra de la Neblina, Venezuela". Brittonia. 50 (4): 493–496. doi:10.2307/2807759. JSTOR 2807759.
  10. "Euceraea Mart. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-03-10.