Sebastiania | |
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Sebastiania commersoniana | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
Genus: |
Sebastiania Spreng. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821. [2] [3] It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
As of 2020 [update] Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 60 species in the genus Sebastiania. [9] Many species formerly included in this genus are now placed in genera such as Actinostemon, Bonania, Chrysanthellum, Dendrocousinsia, Ditaxis, Ditrysinia, Gymnanthes, Microstachys, Phyllanthus, Sapium, and Stillingia.
Sebastiania | |
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Sebastiania commersoniana | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
Genus: |
Sebastiania Spreng. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821. [2] [3] It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
As of 2020 [update] Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 60 species in the genus Sebastiania. [9] Many species formerly included in this genus are now placed in genera such as Actinostemon, Bonania, Chrysanthellum, Dendrocousinsia, Ditaxis, Ditrysinia, Gymnanthes, Microstachys, Phyllanthus, Sapium, and Stillingia.