''Claoxylopsis'' is a

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Claoxylopsis andapensis ''Claoxylopsis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1939.Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1939. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 85: 526 The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar ...

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Claoxylopsis perrieri ''Claoxylopsis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1939.Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1939. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 85: 526 The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar. ;Species # ''Clao ...

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Acalypheae Endemic flora of Madagascar Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub