Didymocistus is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1940.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Didymocistus chrysadenius, native to the Loreto region of northeastern Peru, the Amazonas Department of southeastern Colombia, and the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.[3][4][5][6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[7]
| Didymocistus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Antidesmatoideae |
| Tribe: | Antidesmateae |
| Subtribe: | Hymenocardiinae |
| Genus: | Didymocistus Kuhlm. |
| Species: | D. chrysadenius
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| Binomial name | |
| Didymocistus chrysadenius | |
References
edit- ^ Kuhlmann, João Geraldo. 1940. Anais Reunião Sul-Americana de Botânica 3: 82
- ^ Tropicos, Didymocistus Kuhlm.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Didymocistus chrysadenius Kuhlm.
- ^ Levin, G. A. 1986. Systematic foliar morphology of Phyllanthoideae (Euphorbiaceae). I. Conspectus. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 73(1): 29–85
- ^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
- ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.