Orfilea

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Orfilea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Alchorneae
Subtribe:
Genus: Orfilea
Baill.
Synonyms[1]

Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3][4] It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][5]

Species[1]
  1. (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
  2. Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar
  3. (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
  4. (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 452
  3. ^ Tropicos
  4. ^ Webster, G. L. 1994. Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 33–144
  5. ^ 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.


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