Plukenetia

Plukenetia
Plukenetia volubilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Plukenetieae
Subtribe:	Plukenetiinae
Genus:	Plukenetia L.
Synonyms[1]
Accia A.St.-Hil. Angostylidium (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Apopandra Pax & K.Hoffm. Botryanthe Klotzsch Ceratococcus Meisn. Elaeophora Ducke Eleutherostigma Pax & K.Hoffm. Fragariopsis A.St.-Hil. Hedraiostylus Hassk. Pseudotragia Pax Pterococcus Hassk. Sajorium Endl. Tetracarpidium Pax Vigia Vell.

Plukenetia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae.[2][3] It is widespread in tropical regions of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.[1][4][5]

Species[1]

1. Plukenetia africana - southern Africa
2. Plukenetia ankaranensis - Madagascar
3. Plukenetia brachybotrya - W + C South America
4. Plukenetia carabiasiae - Oaxaca
5. Plukenetia conophora - W + C Africa
6. Plukenetia corniculata - S + SE Asia
7. Plukenetia decidua - Madagascar
8. Plukenetia huayllabambana - Peru
9. Plukenetia lehmanniana - Colombia, Ecuador
10. Plukenetia loretensis - tropical South America
11. Plukenetia madagascariensis - Madagascar
12. Plukenetia multiglandulosa - Amazonas State
13. Plukenetia penninervia - S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
14. Plukenetia polyadenia - N South America
15. Plukenetia procumbens - Angola
16. Plukenetia serrata - E Brazil
17. Plukenetia stipellata - S Mexico, Central America
18. Plukenetia supraglandulosa - French Guiana, Amapá
19. Plukenetia verrucosa - Trinidad, 3 Guianas, N Brazil
20. Plukenetia volubilis - N + W South America; Windward Islands

formerly included

moved to other genera (Hamilcoa, Romanoa)

1. Plukenetia occidentalis - Romanoa tamnoides
2. Plukenetia sinuata - Romanoa tamnoides var. sinuata
3. Plukenetia tamnoides - Romanoa tamnoides
4. Plukenetia zenkeri - Hamilcoa zenkeri

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1192
3. Tropicos
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. Gillespie, L.J. (2007). A revision of Paleotropical Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae) including two new species from Madagascar. Systematic Botany 32: 780-802.

External links

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