Cephalocrotonopsis

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: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Epiprineae
Genus: Cephalocrotonopsis
Species: C. socotranus
Name

Cephalocrotonopsis Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, 2: 15. (1910)

Type species: Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus (Balf.f.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, 2: 15. (1910)
monotypic taxon

References

Pax, F.A. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) IV, 147, 2: 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cephalocrotonopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cephalocrotonopsis. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cephalocrotonopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 2.

Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910.[3][4] It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.[2][5]

The species is listed as vulnerable.[1]
References

Miller, A. (2004). "Cephalocroton socotranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44893A10951070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44893A10951070.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 II(Heft 44): 15
Tropicos, genus Cephalocrotonopsis
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.