''Platygyna'' is a

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of the

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Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to

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and

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

in the

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Platygyna dentata ''Platygyna'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to Cuba and Haiti in the West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean ...

'' Alain - SE Cuba # '' Platygyna hexandra'' (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - Cuba, Haiti # '' Platygyna leonis'' Alain - E Cuba # '' Platygyna obovata'' Borhidi - E Cuba # '' Platygyna parvifolia'' Alain - E Cuba # '' Platygyna triandra'' Borhidi - E Cuba # '' Platygyna volubilis'' Howard - E Cuba

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Plukenetieae Euphorbiaceae genera Flora of the Caribbean {{Euphorbiaceae-stub