Blachia (plant)
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''Blachia'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 ...
s under 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 a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...
first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to
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, southern
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, and the
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 269 留萼木属 liu e mu shu ''Blachia'' Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 385. 1858.
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Strophioblachia ''Strophioblachia'' is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1900. It contains only one known species, ''Strophioblachia fimbricalyx'', native to southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi), E Indochina (Vietnam, Cambod ...
'', ''
Trigonostemon ''Trigonostemon'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of its tribe (Trigonostemoneae). It was first described as a genus in 1826.Strophioblachia fimbricalyx'' # ''Blachia viridissima - Trigonostemon viridissimus''


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References

Codiaeae Euphorbiaceae genera Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Euphorb-stub