Ophellantha is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1924.[2][1] It is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America.[3][4][5][6]
| Ophellantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Codiaeae |
| Genus: | Ophellantha Standl. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acidocroton sect. Ophellantha (Standl.) G.L. Webster | |
- Species
- Ophellantha spinosa Standl. - Honduras, El Salvador, Chiapas, Veracruz
- Ophellantha steyermarkii Standl. - Guatemala, Chiapas
References
edit- ^ a b Tropicos, Ophellantha Standl.
- ^ Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1924. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 14(4): 97-98 in English
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1949. Euphorbiaceae. 24(6): 25–170. In P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.) Fl. Guatemala, Part VI, Fieldiana: Botany. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
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