Pycnocoma

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: Pycnocomeae
Subtribus: Pycnocominae
Genus: Pycnocoma
Species: P. angustifolia – P. bampsiana – P. chevalieri – P. cornuta – P. dentata – P. devredii – P. elua – P. insularum – P. littoralis – P. louisii – P. macrantha – P. macrophylla – P. minor – P. reticulata – P. reygaertii – P. subflava – P. thollonii – P. thonneri
Name

Pycnocoma Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl. 508. (1849)

Type species: Pycnocoma macrophylla Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl. 508. (1849)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Comopycna Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 138. (1903)

References

Bentham, G. 1849. Niger Flora 508.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pycnocoma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pycnocoma. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pycnocoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2021.

Pycnocoma is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1849.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4]

Species[1]

Pycnocoma angustifolia - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Cost
Pycnocoma bampsiana - Zaïre
Pycnocoma chevalieri - Zaïre, Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Uganda, South Sudan
Pycnocoma cornuta - Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Ghana, Nigeria
Pycnocoma dentata - Angola
Pycnocoma devredii - Kasai
Pycnocoma elua - Zaïre
Pycnocoma insularum - Zaïre
Pycnocoma littoralis - Kenya, Tanzania
Pycnocoma louisii - Zaïre
Pycnocoma macrantha - Lushoto
Pycnocoma macrophylla (Bomah-nut) - W + C Africa
Pycnocoma minor - Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Equatorial Guinea
Pycnocoma reticulata - Madagascar
Pycnocoma reygaertii - Zaïre
Pycnocoma subflava - Zaïre
Pycnocoma thollonii - Gabon
Pycnocoma thonneri - Congo, Zaïre

Formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Argomuellera Droceloncia

P. danguyana - Argomuellera danguyana
P. decaryana - Argomuellera decaryana
P. gigantea - Argomuellera gigantea
P. gigantea var. calcicola - Argomuellera calcicola
P. hirsuta - Argomuellera macrophylla
P. hutchinsonii - Argomuellera macrophylla
P. laurentii - Argomuellera macrophylla
P. parviflora - Argomuellera macrophylla
P. perrieri - Argomuellera perrieri
P. rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia
P. sapinii - Argomuellera macrophylla
P. sassandrae - Argomuellera macrophylla
P. trewioides - Argomuellera trewioides

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Bentham, George. 1849. in Hooker, William Jackson, Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa 508-509 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
Tropicos Pycnocoma Benth.
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.