Dicoelia

Dicoelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Dicoelieae
Genus: Dicoelia
Benth.
Type species
Dicoelia beccariana
Benth.

Dicoelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of the tribe (Dicoelieae). It was first described as a genus in 1879.[1][2][3] It is native to Borneo and Sumatra.[4][5]

Species[4]
  1. Dicoelia beccariana Benth. - Borneo
  2. Dicoelia sumatrana Welzen - Sumatra

References

  1. Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13: 70. description in Latin, footnotes in English
  2. Bentham, George. 1879. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13:plate 1289 line drawing
  3. Tropicos
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. 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.
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