Adenopeltis

Adenopeltis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Adenopeltis
Bertero ex A.Juss.
Species:
A. serrata
Binomial name
Adenopeltis serrata
(W.T.Aiton) I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms[1]
  • Excoecaria serrata W.T.Aiton
  • Adenopeltis colliguaya Bertero ex A.Juss.
  • Excoecaria marginata Kunze ex Baill.
  • Stillingia glandulosa Dombey ex Baill.
  • Excoecaria colliguaya (Bertero ex A.Juss.) Baill.

Adenopeltis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1832.[2][3] Its name comes from Greek and means "glandular shield". It contains only one known species, Adenopeltis serrata, a shrub endemic to Chile.[1][4] It is distributed from the Coquimbo to the Biobio regions.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1832. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 25: 24-27 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  3. ^ Tropicos, Adenopeltis Bertero ex A. Juss.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro (2018). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001. ISSN 0717-6643.