Speranskia

Speranskia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Chrozophoreae
Subtribe: Speranskiinae
Genus: Speranskia
Baill.
Type species
Speranskia tuberculata
(Bunge) Baill.

Speranskia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1858.[1][2] It is the only genus of the subtribe Speranskiinae. The entire genus is endemic to China.[3][4][5]

Species[3]
  1. Speranskia cantonensis (Hance) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Hubei, Guangdong
  2. Speranskia tuberculata (Bunge) Baill. - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan
  3. Speranskia yunnanensis S.M.Hwang - Yunnan

References

  1. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 388
  2. Tropicos
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 223 地构叶属 di gou ye shu Speranskia Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 388. 1858.
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