Adenochlaena

Adenochlaena is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Adenochlaena leucocephala Baill. - Madagascar, Comoros
  2. Adenochlaena zeylanica (Baill.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka
formerly included

Adenochlaena
Adenochlaena zeylanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Epiprininae
Genus: Adenochlaena
Boivin ex Baill.
Type species
Adenochlaena leucocephala
Synonyms[1]

Centrostylis Baill. Niedenzua Pax

moved to other genera (Cladogynos Epiprinus Koilodepas )

  • A. calycina - Koilodepas calycinum
  • A. indica - Epiprinus mallotiformis
  • A. mallotiformis - Epiprinus mallotiformis
  • A. siamensis - Cladogynos orientalis
  • A. siletensis - Epiprinus siletianus

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 472.
  3. Tropicos
  4. 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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