''Platygyna'' is a

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of the

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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 ...

, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to

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and

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

in the

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Platygyna dentata ''Platygyna'' is a genus of plant of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to Cuba and Haiti in the West Indies.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bi ...

'' Alain - SE Cuba # '' Platygyna hexandra'' (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - Cuba, Haiti # '' Platygyna leonis'' Alain - E Cuba # '' Platygyna obovata'' Borhidi - E Cuba # '' Platygyna parvifolia'' Alain - E Cuba # '' Platygyna triandra'' Borhidi - E Cuba # '' Platygyna volubilis'' Howard - E Cuba

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Plukenetieae Euphorbiaceae genera Flora of the Caribbean {{Euphorbiaceae-stub