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Genus of flowering plants

Garciadelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Adelieae
Genus: Garciadelia
Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr.

Garciadelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 2010. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of Hispaniola in the West Indies (divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Leucocroton and Lasiocroton. Species in this alliance are dioecious.

Species
  1. Garciadelia abbottii Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Dominican Republic
  2. Garciadelia castilloae Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Dominican Republic
  3. Garciadelia leprosa (Willd.) Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Haiti, Dominican Republic
  4. Garciadelia mejiae Jestrow & Jiménez Rodr. - Dominican Republic

References

  1. Jestrow, Brett. 2010. Taxon 59(6): 1809–1812
  2. Tropicos
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Jestrow, Brett; Gutiérrez Amaro, Jorge; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2012). "Islands within islands: A molecular phylogenetic study of the Leucocroton alliance (Euphorbiaceae) across the Caribbean Islands and within the serpentinite archipelago of Cuba". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (3): 452–464. Bibcode:2012JBiog..39..452J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x.
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Garciadelia
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