Orfilea

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: Alchorneae
Subtribus: Alchorneinae
Genus: Orfilea
Species: O. ankafinensis – O. coriacea – O. multispicata – O. neraudiana
Name

Orfilea Baill., Étude Euphorb. 452. (1858)

Type species: Orfilea coriacea Baill., Étude Euphorb. 453. (1858)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lautembergia Baill., Étude Euphorb.: 451. (1858)
Diderotia Baill., Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 274. (1861)

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Orfilea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Orfilea. Published online. Accessed: Jun 07 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Orfilea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 07.

Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3][4] It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][5]

Species[1]

Orfilea ankafinensis (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
Orfilea coriacea Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar
Orfilea multispicata (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
Orfilea neraudiana (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 452
Tropicos
Webster, G. L. 1994. Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 33–144
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.