Podadenia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] At present, only species is recognized in the genus, Podadenia sapida, endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][4]
Podadenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
Tribe: | Pycnocomeae |
Subtribe: | Blumeodendrinae |
Genus: | Podadenia Thwaites |
Species: | P. sapida
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Binomial name | |
Podadenia sapida | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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- formerly included[1]
moved to Ptychopyxis
- Podadenia javanica J.J.Sm., synonym of Ptychopyxis javanica (J.J.Sm.) Croizat
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 4. 273-274 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Podadenia Thwaites
- ^ 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.