Speranskia

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: Chrozophoreae
Subtribus: Speranskiinae
Genus: Speranskia
Species: S. cantonensis – S. tuberculata – S. yunnanensis
Name

Speranskia Baill., Étude Euphorb. 388. (1858)

Type species: Speranskia tuberculata (Bunge) Baill., Étude Euphorb. 389. (1858)

References

Baillon, H.E. 1858. Etude Générale du Groupe de Euphorbiacées 388.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Speranskia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Speranskia. Published online. Accessed: May 3 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Speranskia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3.

Speranskia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1858.[1][2] It is the only genus of the subtribe Speranskiinae. The entire genus is endemic to China.[3][4][5]

Species[3]

Speranskia cantonensis (Hance) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Hubei, Guangdong
Speranskia tuberculata (Bunge) Baill. - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan
Speranskia yunnanensis S.M.Hwang - Yunnan

References

Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 388
Tropicos
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.
Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 223 地构叶属 di gou ye shu Speranskia Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 388. 1858.