Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[6] although it may rarely be monoecious.[7]
| Thecacoris | |
|---|---|
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: | Antidesmatinae |
| Genus: | Thecacoris A.Juss. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
- Species[1]
- Thecacoris cometia - Madagascar
- Thecacoris glabroglandulosa - Gabon, Zaïre
- Thecacoris grandifolia - Gabon, Cameroon
- Thecacoris humbertii - Madagascar
- Thecacoris lancifolia - Gabon
- Thecacoris latistipula - Zaïre
- Thecacoris leptobotrya - C Africa
- Thecacoris lucida - C Africa
- Thecacoris madagascariensis - Madagascar
- Thecacoris manniana - Sao Tomé
- Thecacoris micrantha - Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Thecacoris perrieri - Madagascar
- Thecacoris spathulifolia - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar
- Thecacoris stenopetala - C + W Africa
- Thecacoris trichogyne - C Africa
- Thecacoris usambarensis - Kenya, Tanzania
- Thecacoris viridis - C Africa
- formerly included
moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus
- Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata
- Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105
- ^ Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss
- ^ 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.
- ^ Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335.