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Orfilea

Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.SpeciesOrfilea ankafinensis (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar Orfilea coriacea Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar Orfilea multispicata (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar Orfilea neraudiana (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius

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Orfilea
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: Alchorneae
Subtribe: Alchorneinae
Genus: Orfilea
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Synonyms1

Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.234 It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.15

Species1
  1. Orfilea ankafinensis (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
  2. Orfilea coriacea Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar
  3. Orfilea multispicata (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
  4. Orfilea neraudiana (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 452
  3. Tropicos
  4. Webster, G. L. 1994. Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 33–144
  5. 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.