''Dysopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1858. It is the sole

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in subtribe Dysopsidinae. The genus is native to

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

, Panama, South America, and the

Juan Fernández Islands The Juan Fernández Islands () are a sparsely inhabited series of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, reliant on tourism and fishing. Situated off the coast of Chile, they are composed of three main volcanic islands: Robinson Crusoe Island, R ...

.González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394. ;Species # '' Dysopsis glechomoides'' (A.Rich.) Müll.Arg. - Chile, S Argentina # '' Dysopsis hirsuta'' (Müll.Arg.) Skottsb. -

# '' Dysopsis paucidentata'' (Müll.Arg.) Lozano & J.Murillo - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

References

Acalypheae Euphorbiaceae genera Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Euphorbiaceae-stub