Cephalocroton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
Tribe: | Epiprineae |
Subtribe: | Epiprininae |
Genus: | Cephalocroton Hochst. |
Type species | |
Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. |
Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.
- Use
The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.
- Species
- Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
- Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia
- formerly included
moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )
- C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
- C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis
- C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala
- C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis
- C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis
- C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala
- C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis
- C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
- C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica
References
- Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
- Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cephalocroton |
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