Dysopsis is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1858.[2][3][4] It is the sole genus in subtribe Dysopsidinae. The genus is native to Costa Rica, Panama, South America, and the Juan Fernández Islands.[1][5][6]

Dysopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Dysopsidinae
Genus: Dysopsis
Baill.
Type species
Dysopsis gayana (syn of Dysopsis glechomoides)
Synonyms[1]
Species[1]
  1. Dysopsis glechomoides (A.Rich.) Müll.Arg. - Chile, S Argentina
  2. Dysopsis hirsuta (Müll.Arg.) Skottsb. - Juan Fernández Islands
  3. Dysopsis paucidentata (Müll.Arg.) Lozano & J.Murillo - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 435
  3. ^ Lozano, G. & J. Murillo-A. 2001. El género Dysopsis (Euphorbiaceae). Caldasia 23(2): 419–426.
  4. ^ Tropicos
  5. ^ Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  6. ^ González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394.