Cephalocrotonopsis
Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910.[3][4] It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.[2][5]
| Cephalocrotonopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Epiprineae |
| Subtribe: | Epiprininae |
| Genus: | Cephalocrotonopsis Pax |
| Species: | C. socotranus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cephalocroton socotranus Balf.f. | |
The species is listed as vulnerable.[1]
References
- Miller, A. 2004. Cephalocroton socotranus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 II(Heft 44): 15
- Tropicos, genus Cephalocrotonopsis
- 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.
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