Alphandia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Ricinocarpeae
Genus: Alphandia
Species: A. furfuracea – A. resinosa – A. verniciflua
Name

Alphandia Baill., Adansonia 11: 85. (1873)

Type species: Non designatus

References

Baillon, H.E. 1873. Adansonia; recueil (périodique) d'observations botaniques 11: 85.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Alphandia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 June 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Alphandia. Published online. Accessed: June 27 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Alphandia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 June 2021.

Alphandia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873.[1][2] It is native to certain islands in the western Pacific (New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia).[3][4]

species[3]

Alphandia furfuracea Baill. - New Caledonia, Aneityum
Alphandia resinosa Baill. - Art Island in New Caledonia
Alphandia verniciflua Airy Shaw - West New Guinea

References

Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1873. Adansonia 11: 85-87 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
Tropicos, Alphandia Baill.
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.