Dendrocousinsia

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Dendrocousinsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Dendrocousinsia
Millsp.

Dendrocousinsia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1913.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the Island of Jamaica.[3][4]

Species
  1. Dendrocousinsia alpina Fawc. & Rendle 1919 - E Jamaica
  2. Dendrocousinsia fasciculata Millsp. 1913 - NW Jamaica
  3. Dendrocousinsia spicata Millsp. 1913 - SC Jamaica

References

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  1. ^ Millspaugh, Charles Frederick. 1913. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 2(9): 374
  2. ^ Tropicos, Dendrocousinsia Millsp.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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.