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 ...
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plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
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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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Subtribes and genera
The ''U.S. National Plant Germplasm System'' lists four subtribes:GRIN-global tribe Chrozophoreae
Chrozophorinae
''Chrozophora'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It comprises monoecious herbs or undershrubs. The genus is widespread across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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Ditaxinae
Chrozophoreae is a tribe (biology), tribe of plant of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae.
Subtribes and genera
The ''U.S. National Plant Germplasm System'' lists four subtribes:Argythamnia
''Argythamnia'' is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1756.Caperonia''
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Chiropetalum
''Chiropetalum'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1832. It is widespread across relatively dry regions of North America, North and South America from Texas to Uruguay.MartÃnez Gordillo, ...
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Ditaxis
''Ditaxis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. Its name comes from Greek ''dis'' ("two") and ''taxis'' ("rank"), referring to the stamens which are in two whorls. The genus is widespread across much o ...
Doryxylon
''Doryxylon'' is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1857. The sole species is ''Doryxylon spinosum''. It is found on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines and in the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern ...
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 ...