Thecacoris

Thecacoris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Antidesmateae
Subtribe: Antidesmatinae
Genus: Thecacoris
A.Juss.
Synonyms[1]

Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[6] although it may rarely be monoecious.[7]

Species[1]
  1. Thecacoris cometia - Madagascar
  2. Thecacoris glabroglandulosa - Gabon, Zaïre
  3. Thecacoris grandifolia - Gabon, Cameroon
  4. Thecacoris humbertii - Madagascar
  5. Thecacoris lancifolia - Gabon
  6. Thecacoris latistipula - Zaïre
  7. Thecacoris leptobotrya - C Africa
  8. Thecacoris lucida - C Africa
  9. Thecacoris madagascariensis - Madagascar
  10. Thecacoris manniana - Sao Tomé
  11. Thecacoris micrantha - Ivory Coast, Ghana
  12. Thecacoris perrieri - Madagascar
  13. Thecacoris spathulifolia - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar
  14. Thecacoris stenopetala - C + W Africa
  15. Thecacoris trichogyne - C Africa
  16. Thecacoris usambarensis - Kenya, Tanzania
  17. Thecacoris viridis - C Africa
formerly included

moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus

  1. Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata
  2. Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105
  3. ^ Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss
  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. ^ Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350.
  6. ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
  7. ^ Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335.

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