Ricinodendreae

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: Ricinodendreae
Genera: Givotia – Ricinodendron - Schinziophyton
Name

Ricinodendreae Hutch., Amer. J. Bot. 56: 749. Aug 1969
References
Primary references

Hutchinson, J.,1969. American Journal of Botany 56: 749.

Links

Ricinodendreae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Ricinodendreae is a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 genera.

Givotia Griff. (from east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka),[1]
Givotia gosai Radcl.-Sm.
Givotia madagascariensis Baill.
Givotia moluccana (L.) Sreem.
Givotia stipularis Radcl.-Sm.

Ricinodendron Müll.Arg. (from Tropical Africa),[2]
Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel

Schinziophyton Hutch. ex Radcl.Sm. (from Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe),[3]
Schinziophyton rautanenii (Schinz) Radcl.-Sm.

Notable species include mongongo (Schinziophyton rautanenii) and njangsa (Ricinodendron heudelotii).

Phylogeny

According to the Open Tree of Life, phylogenetic analysis suggests the following relationships amongst genera.[4]
 

Baliospermum
 
Ricinodendreae
 

Schinziophyton
 
 
 

Givotia
 
 

Ricinodendron
 
 
 
See also

Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae

References

"Givotia Griff. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
"Ricinodendron Müll.Arg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
"Schinziophyton Hutch. ex Radcl.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
"[Ricinodendreae + Baliospermum]". Open Tree of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-13.