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Chorisandrachne

Chorisandrachne is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1969. It contains only one known species, Chorisandrachne diplosperma, native to southern Thailand.

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Chorisandrachne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Wielandieae
Subtribe: Wielandiinae
Genus: Chorisandrachne
Airy Shaw
Species:
C. diplosperma
Binomial name
Chorisandrachne diplosperma
Airy Shaw
Synonyms1

Leptopus diplospermus (Airy Shaw) G.L.Webster

Chorisandrachne is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1969.23 It contains only one known species, Chorisandrachne diplosperma, native to southern Thailand.145

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1969. Kew Bulletin 23: 40
  3. Tropicos Chorisandrachne Airy Shaw
  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. Vorontsova, M.S. & Hoffmann, P. (2010). Revision of the genus Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bulletin 64: 627-644.