Didymocistus

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: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Antidesmateae
Subtribus: Hymenocardiinae
Genus: Didymocistus
Species: D. chrysadenius
Name

Didymocistus Kuhlm., Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 3: 82. (1938 publ. 1940)

monotypic taxon

References

Kuhlmann, J.G. 1940. Anais da (primeira) Reunião Sul-Americana de Botânica 3: 82.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Didymocistus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Didymocistus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Didymocistus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Apr. 2020.

Didymocistus is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1940.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Didymocistus chrysadenius, native to the Loreto region of northeastern Peru, the Amazonas Department of southeastern Colombia, and the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.[3][4][5][6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[7]
References

Kuhlmann, João Geraldo. 1940. Anais Reunião Sul-Americana de Botânica 3: 82
Tropicos, Didymocistus Kuhlm.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos, specimen list for Didymocistus chrysadenius Kuhlm.
Levin, G. A. 1986. Systematic foliar morphology of Phyllanthoideae (Euphorbiaceae). I. Conspectus. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 73(1): 29–85
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.