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]
Croizatia | |
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Scientific 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 |
- species[1]
- Croizatia brevipetiolata (Secco) Dorr - Colombia, NW Venezuela
- Croizatia cimalonia Cerón & G.L.Webster - Ecuador
- Croizatia naiguatensis Steyerm. - N Colombia, N Venezuela
- Croizatia neotropica Steyerm. - N Venezuela, Vaupés in E Colombia
- Croizatia panamensis G.L.Webster - Panama, NW Colombia
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1952. Fieldiana, Botany 28: 308
- ^ Tropicos, Croizatia Steyerm.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.