''Necepsia'' is a
plant
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genus
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of the
family
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Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It is native to
Madagascar
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and to tropical
Africa
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.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
;Species[
# '']Necepsia afzelii
''Necepsia'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliog ...
'' Prain - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
, Cabinda, Gabon
# ''Necepsia castaneifolia
''Necepsia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbi ...
'' (Baill.) Bouchat & J.Léonard - Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Madagascar
# ''Necepsia zairensis
''Necepsia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbi ...
'' Bouchat & J.Léonard - Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
, Zaire
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References
Euphorbiaceae genera
Acalyphoideae
Flora of Africa
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