Micrandra

Micrandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Micrandreae
Subtribe: Micrandrinae
Genus: Micrandra
Benth., conserved name, not Benn. & R. Br. 1844 (syn of Hevea).
Type species
Micrandra siphonioides
Benth.
Synonyms[1]

Micrandra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1854.[2][3] It is native to South America.[1][4][5]

species[1]
  1. Micrandra australis (R.E.Schult.) R.E.Schult. - Amazonas in Brazil
  2. Micrandra elata (Didr.) Müll.Arg. - Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Peru (Pasco, Loreto), Brazil (São Paulo, Bahia, Amapá, Amazonas, etc.)
  3. Micrandra glabra (R.E.Schult.) R.E.Schult. - S Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), Guyana, Suriname
  4. Micrandra gleasoniana (Croizat) R.E.Schult. - Guyana
  5. Micrandra heterophylla Poiss. - Amazonas in Venezuela
  6. Micrandra inundata P.E.Berry & Wiedenh. - Amazonas in Venezuela
  7. Micrandra lopezii R.E.Schult. - Amazonas in Brazil
  8. Micrandra minor Benth. - Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupes), Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Loreto)
  9. Micrandra rossiana R.E.Schult. - Guyana, Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas, Apure, Zulia), Colombia (Vaupés), Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
  10. Micrandra siphonioides Benth. - French Guiana, Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas, Apure), Colombia, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, São Paulo, Pará)
  11. Micrandra spruceana (Baill.) R.E.Schult. - Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupes, ), Peru (Loreto, Pasco, San Martín), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
  12. Micrandra sprucei (Müll.Arg.) R.E.Schult. - Guyana, Colombia (Vaupés), Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)
formerly included[1]

moved to other genera (Hevea Micrandropsis )

  1. M. scleroxylon - Micrandropsis scleroxylon
  2. M. ternata - Hevea spruceana

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Bentham, George. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 371-372 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos Micrandra Benth.
  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.
  5. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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