Seidelia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[3][1] The genus is endemic to Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia).[4][5]
Seidelia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
Tribe: | Acalypheae |
Subtribe: | Mercurialinae |
Genus: | Seidelia Baill. |
Type species | |
Seidelia mercurialis (syn of Seidelia triandra)[1] |
- Species[4]
- Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm - Namibia, Cape Province
- Seidelia triandra (E.Mey.) Pax - Namibia, Cape Province, Free State
References
edit- ^ a b Tropicos
- ^ lectotype designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. 2: 1128 (1874).
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 465
- ^ a b 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.