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Genus of flowering plants

Angostylis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Plukenetiinae
Genus: Angostylis
Benth.
Type species
Angostylis longifolia
Benth.
Synonyms
  • Angostyles Benth., spelling variant

Angostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1854. The genus is native to northern South America (Suriname and northern Brazil).

As of 2019, there are two species in the genus Angostylis:

  1. Angostylis longifolia Benth. – northern Brazil
  2. Angostylis tabulamontana Croizat – Suriname

References

  1. Bentham, George. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 328 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Tropicos, genus Angostylis Benth.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. "Angostylis Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Angostylis


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