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Chorisandrachne

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Chorisandrachne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Wielandieae
Subtribe: Wielandiinae
Genus: Chorisandrachne
Airy Shaw
Species:
C. diplosperma
Binomial name
Chorisandrachne diplosperma
Airy Shaw
Synonyms[1]

Leptopus diplospermus (Airy Shaw) G.L.Webster

Chorisandrachne is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1969.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Chorisandrachne diplosperma, native to southern Thailand.[1][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1969. Kew Bulletin 23: 40
  3. ^ Tropicos Chorisandrachne Airy Shaw
  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. ^ Vorontsova, M.S. & Hoffmann, P. (2010). Revision of the genus Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bulletin 64: 627-644.