Chonocentrum is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1922.[2][3] It contains only known species, Chonocentrum cyathophorum, native to the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.[1][4]
| Chonocentrum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Chonocentrum Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm. |
| Species: | C. cyathophorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chonocentrum cyathophorum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drypetes cyathophora Müll.Arg. | |
The genus is still not well understood; W. John Hayden has observed that the plant seems have been collected just once, in upper Rio Negro of Brazil in the 1850s,[5] and suggests that it has been misplaced taxonomically.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pax, Ferdinand Albin & Hoffmann, Käthe. 1922. Das Pflanzenreich 147,15(Heft 81): 205
- ^ Tropicos, Chonocentrum Pierre ex Pax & K. Hoffm.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 454 in Latin
- ^ Hayden, W. J., & S. M. Hayden. 1996. Two enigmatic biovulate Euphorbiaceae from the neotropics: relationships of Chonocentrum and the identity of Phyllanoa. A.I.B.S. Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. American Journal of Botany 83(6-supplement): 162.
- ^ Hayden, W. J., & S. M. Hayden. 2000. Relationships of Chonocentrum (Euphorbiaceae). Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, Radford University, Radford, VA. Virginia Journal of Science 51: 95.