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''Argomuellera'' is a
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plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
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Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894. It is native to sub-Saharan
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Islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Droceloncia ''Droceloncia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1959. It contains only one known species, ''Droceloncia rigidifolia'', native to Madagascar and to the nearby island of Mayotte Mayotte (; french: ...
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Pycnocoma ''Pycnocoma'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i ...
* ''Argomuellera reticulata'' - ''
Pycnocoma reticulata ''Pycnocoma'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i ...
'' * ''Argomuellera rigidifolia'' - ''
Droceloncia rigidifolia ''Droceloncia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1959. It contains only one known species, '' Droceloncia rigidifolia'', native to Madagascar and to the nearby island of Mayotte Mayotte (; french: ...
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Pycnocomeae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub