Sphyranthera

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: Sphyranthereae
Genus: Sphyranthera
Species: S. airyshawii – S. lutescens
Name

Sphyranthera Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1702. (1887)

Type species: Sphyranthera lutescens (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 19c: 231. (1931).

References

Hooker, J. D. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum. vol 8 — part 1. 18: plate 1702 Biodiversity Heritage Library link

Links

International Plant Names Index. Mar. 22. Sphyranthera. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Mar. 22.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sphyranthera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 30-10-2017.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sphyranthera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 22. Reference page.

Sphyranthera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of its tribe (Sphyranthereae). It was first described in 1887.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, politically part of India but geographically closer to Myanmar.

Species

Sphyranthera airyshawii Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao - N Andaman Islands
Sphyranthera lutescens (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. - N Nicobar Islands + C Andaman Islands

References

Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 18: plate 1702 description in Latin, commentary in English, illustrated with full-page line drawing
Tropicos, Sphyranthera Hook. f.