Euceraea

Euceraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Samydoideae
Genus: Euceraea
Martius
Type species
Euceraea nitida
Martius
Species

Euceraea is a genus of three species of shrubs and small trees in the willow family Salicaceae native to the Guiana Shield of northeastern South America. Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae[1] but was moved along with its close relatives to the Salicaceae based on analyses of DNA data.[2] Euceraea is closely related to the genera Casearia and Neoptychocarpus, but differs in its inflorescences of composite spikes.[3] One species, Euceraea rheophytica, is a rheophyte.[4]

References

  1. ^ Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso. 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05.
  2. ^ Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
  3. ^ Sleumer, Hermann (1980). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Neotropica. 22: 1–499.
  4. ^ Berry, Paul; Olson, Matt (1998). "A new rheophytic species of Euceraea (Flacourtiaceae) from Sierra de la Neblina, Venezuela". Brittonia. 50 (4): 493–496. doi:10.2307/2807759. JSTOR 2807759.


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