Zuckertia

Zuckertia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Zuckertia cordata, native to southern Mexico and Central America.[1][4]

Zuckertia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Acalyphoideae
Tribe:
Plukenetieae
Subtribe:
Tragiinae
Genus:
Zuckertia

Binomial name
Zuckertia cordata
Synonyms[1]
  • Bia cordata (Baill.) G.L.Webster
  • Tragia bailloniana Müll.Arg.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 495
  3. Tropicos, Zuckertia Baill.
  4. Medeiros, D., de Senna Valle, L. & Valka Alves, J.V. (2013). Revalidation of the genera Bia and Zuckertia (Euphorbiaceae) with B. capivarensis sp. nov. from Serra da Capivara, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 595-602.


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