Vaupesia

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: Jatropheae
Genus: Vaupesia
Species: V. cataractarum
Name

Vaupesia R.E.Schult., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 17: 27. (1955)

Type species: Vaupesia cataractarum R.E.Schult., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 17: 28. (1955)
monotypic taxon

References

Schultes, R.E. 1955. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17: 27.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vaupesia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. June 25. Vaupesia. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} June 25.
Tropicos.org 2021. Vaupesia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 25.

Vaupesia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Vaupesia cataractarum, native to southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil.[3]

References

Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 [map], 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English
Tropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families