Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894.[3][4] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.[1][5]
| Argomuellera | |
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| Argomuellera macrophylla at Lowveld National Botanical Garden, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Pycnocomeae |
| Subtribe: | Pycnocominae |
| Genus: | Argomuellera Pax |
| Type species | |
| Argomuellera macrophylla | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
- Species[1]
- Argomuellera basicordata Peter ex Radcl.-Sm. - Lushoto
- Argomuellera calcicola (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
- Argomuellera danguyana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
- Argomuellera decaryana (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
- Argomuellera gigantea (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nosy Be Island
- Argomuellera lancifolia (Pax) Pax - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
- Argomuellera macrophylla Pax - tropical Africa
- Argomuellera perrieri (Leandri) J.Léonard - Madagascar
- Argomuellera pierlotiana J.Léonard - Zaïre
- Argomuellera pumila McPherson - Madagascar
- Argomuellera sessilifolia Prain - Congo
- Argomuellera trewioides (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Comoros
- Formerly included
moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma
- Argomuellera reticulata - Pycnocoma reticulata
- Argomuellera rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A7. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
- ^ Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 90-91 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos, Argomuellera Pax
- ^ 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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