plant
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genus
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of the
family
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Euphorbiaceae first described by Jules Émile Planchon as a genus in 1861.Planchon, Jules Émile. 1861. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 8: 30-32 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French The entire genus is
endemic
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to
Australia
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Neoguillauminia
''Neoguillauminia'' is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1938. It contains only one known species, ''Neoguillauminia cleopatra'', endemic to New Caledonia. Its closest relative is '' Calycopeplus'' from ...
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New Caledonia
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The type species is ''Calycopeplus ephedroides,'' which is a synonym of '' Calycopeplus paucifolius''.
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Calycopeplus casuarinoides
''Calycopeplus'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described by Jules Émile Planchon as a genus in 1861.Calycopeplus collinus'' P.I.Forst. - NT, N WA
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Calycopeplus oligandrus
''Calycopeplus'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described by Jules Émile Planchon as a genus in 1861.Calycopeplus paucifolius'' (Klotzsch) Baill. - SA, WA
Description
The plants in this genus are
monoecious
Monoecy (; adj. monoecious ) is a sexual system in seed plants where separate male and female cones or flowers are present on the same plant. It is a monomorphic sexual system alongside gynomonoecy, andromonoecy and trimonoecy.
Monoecy is conne ...
, with the single sex flowers found in different parts of the same inflorescence. The female flowers are solitary and in the centre, while the male flowers are found in 4 clusters of 3–16 flowers within the involucre opposite the lobes. Each cluster is surrounded by bracts, with the outer one or two being enlarged and enclosing the cluster.