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Genus of flowering plants

Discocleidion
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Bernardieae
Genus: Discocleidion
Pax & K.Hoffm.
Species: D. rufescens
Binomial name
Discocleidion rufescens
(Franch.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Synonyms
  • Cleidion sect. Discocleidion Müll. Arg.
  • Alchornea rufescens Franch.
  • Wetria rufescens (Franch.) Pamp.
  • Acalypha giraldii Pax ex Diels
  • Mallotus cavaleriei H.Lév.

Discocleidion is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1914. It contains one accepted species, Discocleidion rufescens, endemic to China.

formerly included

moved to Alchornea

  1. Discocleidion glabrum Merr., synonym of Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus.
  2. Discocleidion ulmifolium (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., synonym of Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus.

References

  1. Ye, J.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Discocleidion rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T147617131A147617133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147617131A147617133.en. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Discocleidion Pax & K.Hoffm". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "Discocleidion Pax & K.Hoffm". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Tropicos, genus Discocleidion
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonymy for Discocleidion rufescens
  6. Pax, Ferdinand Albin, & Hoffmann, Käthe. 1914. in Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 45
  7. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Discocleidion
  8. ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 241 丹麻杆属 dan ma gan shu Discocleidion (Müller Argoviensis) Pax & K. Hoffmann in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 63(IV. 147. VII): 45. 1914.
  9. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Discocleidion
Discocleidion rufescens
Cleidion sect. Discocleidion
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