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Doryxylon

Doryxylon is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1857. The sole species is Doryxylon spinosum. It is found on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines and in the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern Indonesia.Formerly included

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Doryxylon
Doryxylon spinosum1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Chrozophoreae
Subtribe: Doryxylinae
Genus: Doryxylon
Zoll.
Species:
D. spinosum
Binomial name
Doryxylon spinosum
Synonyms2
  • Mercadoa Náves
  • Sumbavia Baill.
  • Adelia acidoton Blanco, illegitimate homonym
  • Sumbavia rottleroides Baill.
  • Mercadoa mandalojonensis Náves

Doryxylon is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1857.34 The sole species is Doryxylon spinosum. It is found on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines and in the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern Indonesia.2

Formerly included2

Doryxylon albicans (Blume) N.P.Balakr. syn of Sumbaviopsis albicans (Blume) J.J.Sm.

References

References

  1. 1880 plate by Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Zollinger, Heinrich. 1857. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 14(ser. 3. 4): 1, 172
  4. Tropicos