Amyrea

Amyrea
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Bernardieae
Genus: AmyreaLeandri

Amyrea is a plantgenus of the familyEuphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1941.[1][2] It is native to Madagascar and to nearby Mayotte Island in the Indian Ocean.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Amyrea celastroidesRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  2. Amyrea eucleoidesRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  3. Amyrea gracillimaRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  4. Amyrea grandifoliaRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  5. Amyrea humbertiiLeandri - Mayotte, Madagascar
  6. Amyrea lancifoliaRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  7. Amyrea maprouneifoliaRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  8. Amyrea myrtifoliaRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  9. Amyrea remotifloraRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
  10. Amyrea sambiranensisLeandri - Madagascar
  11. Amyrea stenocarpaRadcl.-Sm. - Madagascar

References

  1. ^Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1941. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 9: 168 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  2. ^Tropicos
  3. ^ abKew 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.