Cavacoa

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: Aleuritideae
Subtribus: Grosserinae
Genus: Cavacoa
Species: C. aurea – C. baldwinii – C. quintasii
Name

Cavacoa J.Léonard, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 320. (1955)

Type species: Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 322, cum descr. ampl. (1955)

References

Léonard, J.J.G. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cavacoa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cavacoa. Published online. Accessed: May 7 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cavacoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 7.

Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.[1][2] All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa.[3][4] It is dioecious.[5]

Species[3]

Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia
Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre

References

Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320
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
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.
Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.