Dendrocousinsia

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: Euphorbioideae
Tribus: Hippomaneae
Subtribus: Hippomaninae
Genus: Dendrocousinsia
Genus: D. alpina – D. crenulata – D. elliptica – D. fasciculata – D. howardiana – D. lesteri – D. spicata
Name

Dendrocousinsia Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 374. (1913)

Type species: Dendrocousinsia spicata Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 374. (1913)

References

Millspaugh, C.F. 1913. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Botanical series Series 2: 374.
Commock, T., Campbell, K.C.S.E., Meikle, J., Francisco-Ortega, J. & Jestrow, B. 2015. Conservation and taxonomic updates for the Jamaican endemic genus Dendrocousinsia (Euphorbiaceae). Brittonia 67(2): 87-95. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-014-9357-x Paywall JSTOR Reference page.
Commock, T., Rose, P.E., Gandhi, K.N., Campbell, K.C.S.E., Wurdack, K.J., Francisco-Ortega, J. & Jestrow, B. 2017. Typification and nomenclature of five taxa endemic to Jamaica. Harvard Papers in Botany 22(2): 137-140. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v22iss2.2017.n8 Paywall Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dendrocousinsia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Dendrocousinsia. Published online. Accessed: July 10 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Dendrocousinsia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 July 2021.

Dendrocousinsia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1913.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the Island of Jamaica.[3][4]

Species

Dendrocousinsia alpina Fawc. & Rendle 1919 - E Jamaica
Dendrocousinsia fasciculata Millsp. 1913 - NW Jamaica
Dendrocousinsia spicata Millsp. 1913 - SC Jamaica

References

Millspaugh, Charles Frederick. 1913. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 2(9): 374
Tropicos, Dendrocousinsia Millsp.
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.