Seidelia

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: Acalypheae
Genus: Seidelia
Species: S. firmula – S. triandra
Name

Seidelia Baill., Étude Euphorb. 465, t. 9. (1858)

Type species: Seidelia triandra Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10(1-2): 35. (1888) originally designated as synonym Seidelia mercurialis Baill., Étude Euphorb. 465, t. 466 (1858)

References

Baillon, H.E. 1858. Etude Générale du Groupe de Euphorbiacées 465, t. 9.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Seidelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Seidelia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 22 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Seidelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2021.

Seidelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[3][1] The genus is endemic to Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia).[4][5]

Species[4]

Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm - Namibia, Cape Province
Seidelia triandra (E.Mey.) Pax - Namibia, Cape Province, Free State

References

Tropicos
lectotype designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. 2: 1128 (1874).
Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 465
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.