Discoclaoxylon

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: Acalypheae
Genus: Discoclaoxylon
Species: D. hexandrum – D. occidentale – D. pedicellare – D. pubescens
Name

Discoclaoxylon Pax & K.Hoffm., Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 452. (1912) in comb., sine descr. et in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Mercurial. 137. (1914)

Type species: non design.

References

Pax, F.A. & Hoffmann, K. 1912. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band II. Botanik 2: 452.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Discoclaoxylon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Discoclaoxylon. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 20 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Discoclaoxylon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Mar. 2021.

Discoclaoxylon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1914.[1][2] It is native to western and central Africa, including islands in the Gulf of Guinea.[3][4][5]

Species[3]

Discoclaoxylon hexandrum (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Uganda
Discoclaoxylon occidentale (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - São Tomé
Discoclaoxylon pedicellare (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bioko
Discoclaoxylon pubescens (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Exell - Annobón

References

Pax, Ferdinand Albin, Hoffmann, Käthe, & Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1914. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 137
Tropicos, genus Discoclaoxylon
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.
Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.