''Micrococca'' is a
plant
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genus
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of the
family
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Euphorbiaceae
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, first described in 1849. It is native to
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
Africa
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,
Madagascar
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and
Asia
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(
Old World
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Tropics
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
).
[Tropicos]
/ref>[Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.]
Species
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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formerly included
moved to ''Erythrococca
''Erythrococca'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Ar ...
''
*''Micrococca berberidea - Erythrococca berberidea
''Erythrococca'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Ar ...
''
*''Micrococca natalensis - Erythrococca natalensis''
References
Acalypheae
Euphorbiaceae genera
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