tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
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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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family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
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Subtribes and genera
The ''U.S. National Plant Germplasm System'' lists four subtribes:GRIN-global tribe Chrozophoreae
Chrozophorinae
''Chrozophora'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It comprises monoecious herbs or undershrubs. The genus is widespread across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
''Chrozophora tinctoria'' produced the blue- ...
Ditaxinae
Chrozophoreae is a tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae.
Subtribes and genera
The ''U.S. National Plant Germplasm System'' lists four subtribes:Argythamnia
''Argythamnia'' is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1756.Caperonia''
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Ditaxis
''Ditaxis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. Its name comes from Greek ''dis'' ("two") and ''taxis'' ("rank"), referring to the stamens which are in two whorls. The genus is widespread across much ...
Doryxylinae
Chrozophoreae is a tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae.
Subtribes and genera
The ''U.S. National Plant Germplasm System'' lists four subtribes:Doryxylon
''Doryxylon'' is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1857. The sole species is ''Doryxylon spinosum''. It is found on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines and in the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern ...
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Melanolepis
''Melanolepis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.
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Sumbaviopsis
''Sumbaviopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It contains only one known species, ''Sumbaviopsis albicans'', native to Yunnan, the eastern Himalayas, and Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia ...
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Thyrsanthera
''Thyrsanthera'' is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1925. It contains only one known species, ''Thyrsanthera suborbicularis'', native to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and possibly Laos
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Speranskiinae
''Speranskia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1858. It is the only genus of the subtribe Speranskiinae. The entire genus is endemic to China.
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# '' Speranskia cantonensis'' (Hance) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Hubei, ...
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Speranskia
''Speranskia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1858. It is the only genus of the subtribe Speranskiinae. The entire genus is endemic to China.
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# ''Speranskia cantonensis'' (Hance) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Hubei, ...
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See also
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Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae
Here is a full taxonomy of the family Euphorbiaceae, according to the most recent molecular research. This complex family previously comprising 5 subfamilies: the Acalyphoideae, the Crotonoideae, the Euphorbioideae, the Phyllanthoideae and the Oldf ...