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Mildbraedia

Mildbraedia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1909. The entire genus is native to Africa.SpeciesMildbraedia carpinifolia – Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique Mildbraedia klaineana – Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon Mildbraedia paniculata – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberiaformerly included

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Mildbraedia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Crotoneae
Genus: Mildbraedia
Pax
Synonyms1

Mildbraedia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1909.23 The entire genus is native to Africa.14

Species1
  1. Mildbraedia carpinifolia – Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
  2. Mildbraedia klaineana – Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon
  3. Mildbraedia paniculata – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia
formerly included1

moved to Croton

  • Mildbraedia balboana - Croton alienus
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1909. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 319-320 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. Tropicos, Mildbraedia Pax
  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.