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Pachystroma

Pachystroma is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865. It is the only genus of its tribe (Pachystromateae). The only known species is Pachystroma longifolium, native to Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

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Pachystroma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Pachystromateae
Genus: Pachystroma
Müll.Arg.
Species:
P. longifolium
Binomial name
Pachystroma longifolium
(Nees) I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms1
  • Acantholoma Gaudich. ex Baill.
  • Ilex longifolia Nees
  • Pachystroma ilicifolium Müll. Arg.
  • Acantholoma spinosum Baill.
  • Pachystroma castaneifolium Klotzsch ex Pax

Pachystroma is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865.23 It is the only genus of its tribe (Pachystromateae). The only known species is Pachystroma longifolium, native to Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.1456

References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 177-178 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Pachystroma Müll. Arg.
  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.
  5. Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  6. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 473. ISBN 9780123969545.