Neoboutonia

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: Neoboutoniinae
Genus: Neoboutonia
Species: N. macrocalyx – N. mannii – N. melleri
Name

Neoboutonia Müll.Arg., J. Bot. 2: 336. (1864)

Type species: Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 266. (1911) originally designated as synonymn Neoboutonia africana Müll.Arg., J. Bot. 2: 336. (1864)

References

Müller Argoviensis, J. 1864. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 2: 336.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Neoboutonia 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. Neoboutonia. Published online. Accessed: May 7 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Neoboutonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 7.

Neoboutonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[3][2] It is the only genus in subtribe Neoboutoniinae, and native to tropical Africa.[1][4][5][6][7] It is dioecious.[8]

Species[1]

Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax - Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Neoboutonia mannii Benth. & Hook.f. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique
Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain - tropical Africa from Nigeria to Mozambique

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Tropicos, Neoboutonia Müll. Arg". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 2: 336
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.
Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
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.