tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
of the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Crotonoideae
The Crotonoideae (crotonoids) is a subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end ...
, under the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...
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Genera
It comprises 6
subtribes
Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants). The first use of this word dates back to the late 19th century. An example of ...
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
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Aleuritinae
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Aleurites
''Aleurites'' is a small genus of arborescent flowering plants in the Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland. It is also reportedly naturalized o ...
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J.R.Forst.
Johann Reinhold Forster (; 22 October 1729 – 9 December 1798) was a German Reformed pastor and naturalist. Born in Dirschau, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Tczew, Poland), he attended school in Dirschau and Mar ...
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G.Forst.
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (; 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Joha ...
Airy Shaw
Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (7 April 1902 – 19 August 1985) was a notable English botanist and classicist. He worked at Kew Gardens, as was an expert on tropical Asian botany and on entomology. The genus '' Airyantha'' is named for him.
Life
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Benoistia
''Benoistia'' is a genus of shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) and the monotypic subtribe Benoistiinae. It was first described as a genus in 1939. The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar. It is dioecious
Dioecy ( ; ; adj. ...
Crotonogyne
''Crotonogyne'' is a shrub of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) first described as a genus in 1864. It is native to western and central Africa. It is dioecious.
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moved to other genera: Cyrtogonone
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Cyrtogonone
''Cyrtogonone'' is a genus of shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), first described as a genus in 1911. It contains only one known species, ''Cyrtogonone argentea'', native to tropical central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Eq ...
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Manniophyton
''Manniophyton'' is a genus of lianas of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) described as a genus in 1864. It contains only one known species, ''Manniophyton fulvum'', native to tropical western and central Africa from Guinea to Angola. It is dioe ...
Cavacoa
''Cavacoa'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955. All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is dioecious.
;Species
# '' Cavacoa aurea'' (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZul ...
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Grossera
''Grossera'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa. It is dioecious.
;Species
# '' Grossera angustifolia'' Barbera&Riina - Equatorial Guinea
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Sandwithia
''Sandwithia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1932. It is native to northern South America. It is dioecious. The genus is named in honour of the botanist Noel Yvri Sandwith
Noel or Noël may refer to:
Christm ...
Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae
280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy
Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme of classes (a taxonomy) and the allocation ...