Grossera

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: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Aleuritideae
Subtribus: Grosserinae
Genus: Grossera
Species: G. angustifolia – G. elongata – G. glomeratospicata – G. macrantha – G. major – G. multinervis – G. paniculata – G. perrieri – G. vignei
Name

Grossera Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 281. (1903)

Type species: Grossera paniculata Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 281. (1903) (Barberá et al., 2014)

References

Pax, F.A. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33(2): 281.
Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. 2014. Taxonomic revision of Grossera (Crotonoideae, Euphorbiaceae): A Central African genus. Systematic Botany 39(2): 490–509. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X680834 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Grossera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Grossera. Published online. Accessed: May 7 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Grossera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 7.

Grossera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903.[2][3] It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa.[1][4] It is dioecious.[5]

Species[1]

Grossera angustifolia Barbera&Riina - Equatorial Guinea
Grossera elongata Hutch. - Príncipe
Grossera glomeratospicata J.Léonard - East Congo
Grossera macrantha Pax - East Congo, West Congo, Cameroon, Central African Rep.
Grossera major Pax - Cameroon
Grossera multinervis J.Léonard - East Congo, São Tomé
Grossera paniculata Pax - West Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
Grossera perrieri Leandri - Madagascar
Grossera vignei Hoyle - Ivory Coast, Ghana, West Congo

formerly included[1]

moved to Cavacoa

G. aurea - Cavacoa aurea
G. baldwinii - Cavacoa baldwinii
G. quintasii - Cavacoa quintasii

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 281-282 descriptions in Latin, commentary and range information in German
Tropicos, Grossera Pax
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.
Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.