Chascotheca

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: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Wielandieae
Subtribus: Astrocasiinae
Genus: Chascotheca
Species: C. neopeltandra – C. triplinervia
Name

Chascotheca Urb., Symb. Antill. 5: 14. (1904)

Type species: Chascotheca neopeltandra (Griseb.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 5: 14. (1904)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chaenotheca Urb., Symb. Antill. 3: 284 (1902), nom. illeg. hom. non Chaenotheca Th.Fr., (1860)

References

Urban, I. 1904. Symbolae Antillanae: seu fundamenta florae Indiae occidentalis 5: 14.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Chascotheca in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 14. Reference page.
Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. 2007. Revision of Wielandia, including Blotia and Petalodiscus (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(3): 519-553. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[519:ROWIBA]2.0.CO;2 Paywall BHL Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 220. Chascotheca. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 14 220.
Tropicos.org 2020. Chascotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Apr. 2020.

Chascotheca is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1904.[2][3] It is native to the western Caribbean.[1][4]

Species[1]

Chascotheca neopeltandra (Griseb.) Urb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Cayman Islands
Chascotheca triplinervia (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Cuba

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Urban, Ignatz. 1905. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 5: 14 in German
Tropicos, Chascotheca Urb.
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.