Croizatia

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Croizatia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Saviinae
Genus: Croizatia
Steyerm.
Synonyms[1]

Pseudosagotia Secco

Croizatia is a small genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1952.[2][3] It is native to Panama and to northwestern South America.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]

species[1]
  1. Croizatia brevipetiolata (Secco) Dorr - Colombia, NW Venezuela
  2. Croizatia cimalonia Cerón & G.L.Webster - Ecuador
  3. Croizatia naiguatensis Steyerm. - N Colombia, N Venezuela
  4. Croizatia neotropica Steyerm. - N Venezuela, Vaupés in E Colombia
  5. Croizatia panamensis G.L.Webster - Panama, NW Colombia

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1952. Fieldiana, Botany 28: 308
  3. ^ Tropicos, Croizatia Steyerm.
  4. ^ a b Grady L. Webster; Lynn Gillespie; Julian Steyermark (1987). "Systematics of Croizatia (Euphorbiaceae)". Systematic Botany. 12 (1): 1–8. doi:10.2307/2419209. JSTOR 2419209.
  5. ^ 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.