Vaupesia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
Tribe: | Jatropheae |
Genus: | Vaupesia R.E.Schult. |
Species: | V. cataractarum |
Binomial name | |
Vaupesia cataractarum R.E.Schult. |
Vaupesia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955. It contains only one known species, Vaupesia cataractarum, native to southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil.
References
- Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 , 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English
- Tropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Taxon identifiers | |
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Vaupesia | |
Vaupesia cataractarum |
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