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Discoclaoxylon

Discoclaoxylon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1914. It is native to western and central Africa, including islands in the Gulf of Guinea.SpeciesDiscoclaoxylon hexandrum (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Discoclaoxylon occidentale (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - São Tomé Discoclaoxylon pedicellare (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bioko (Cameroon) Discoclaoxylon pubescens (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Exell - Annobón

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Discoclaoxylon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Claoxylinae
Genus: Discoclaoxylon
(Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Discoclaoxylon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1914.12 It is native to western and central Africa, including islands in the Gulf of Guinea.345

Species3
  1. Discoclaoxylon hexandrum (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
  2. Discoclaoxylon occidentale (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - São Tomé
  3. Discoclaoxylon pedicellare (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bioko (Cameroon)
  4. Discoclaoxylon pubescens (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Exell - Annobón (Equatorial Guinea)
References

References

  1. Pax, Ferdinand Albin, Hoffmann, Käthe, & Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1914. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 137
  2. Tropicos, genus Discoclaoxylon
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.