Erythrococca

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: Erythrococca
Species: E. abyssinica – E. africana – E. angolensis – E. anomala – E. atrovirens – E. berberidea – E. bongensis – E. chevalieri – E. columnaris – E. dewevrei – E. fischeri – E. hispida – E. integrifolia – E. kaokoensis – E. kirkii – E. laurentii – E. macrophylla – E. mannii – E. membranacea – E. menyharthii – E. molleri – E. natalensis – E. neglecta – E. pallidifolia – E. patula – E. pauciflora – E. pentagyna – E. poggei – E. poggeophyton – E. polyandra – E. pubescens – E. rivularis – E. sanjensis – E. subspicata – E. trichogyne – E. tristis – E. ulugurensis – E. uniflora – E. usambarica – E. welwitschiana – E. zambesiaca
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erythrococca in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 04. Reference page.

Name

Erythrococca Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 506 (1849).

Type species: Erythrococca aculeata Benth.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Deflersia Schweinf. ex Penzig, Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova: 359 (1893).
Poggeophyton Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 88 (1894).
Chloropatane Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 383 (1899).
Autrandra Pierre ex Prain in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 868 (1912), pro syn.
Athroandra Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 76 (1914).

References
Primary references

Bentham, G. in W.J.Hooker, 1849. Niger Fl.: 506.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erythrococca in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erythrococca. Published online. Accessed: Jun 04 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erythrococca in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 04. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Erythrococca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jun 2020.

Erythrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849.[3] It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[2][4][5][6][7]

Species[2]

Erythrococca abyssinica - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Erythrococca africana - W + C Africa
Erythrococca angolensis - Angola, Zambia
Erythrococca anomala - W + C Africa
Erythrococca atrovirens - W + C Africa
Erythrococca berberidea - Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
Erythrococca bongensis - E + C Africa
Erythrococca chevalieri - Guinea, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville
Erythrococca columnaris - Príncipe, Gabon, Central African Republic
Erythrococca dewevrei - Zaïre, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Erythrococca fischeri - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
Erythrococca hispida - Cameroon
Erythrococca integrifolia - Somalia
Erythrococca kirkii - Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique
Erythrococca laurentii - Zaïre
Erythrococca macrophylla - Zaïre
Erythrococca mannii - Pico Basilé
Erythrococca membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
Erythrococca menyharthii - E + S Africa from Kenya to Namibia
Erythrococca molleri - São Tomé
Erythrococca natalensis - KwaZulu-Natal
Erythrococca neglecta - Angola
Erythrococca pallidifolia - Bioko
Erythrococca parvifolia - Ethiopia
Erythrococca patula - Cameroon
Erythrococca pauciflora - Angola
Erythrococca pentagyna - Kenya
Erythrococca poggei - Congo, Zaïre
Erythrococca poggeophyton - Zaïre
Erythrococca polyandra - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea
Erythrococca pubescens - Kenya
Erythrococca rivularis - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Erythrococca sanjensis - Tanzania
Erythrococca subspicata - Congo, Zaïre, Central African Republic
Erythrococca trichogyne - Ethiopia to Botswana
Erythrococca tristis - Angola
Erythrococca ulugurensis - Tanzania, Malawi
Erythrococca uniflora - Ethiopia
Erythrococca usambarica - Tanzania, Kenya
Erythrococca welwitschiana - C Africa
Erythrococca zambesiaca - Malawi, Mozambique

References

Tropicos
Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 506. in Latin
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.
Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
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.