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 ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of the
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 first described as a genus in 1845. There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
and a single species in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.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
# '' Sclerocroton carterianus'' (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
# '' Sclerocroton cornutus'' (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers - C + SC Africa from Cameroon to Zimbabwe plus Ivory Coast
# '' Sclerocroton integerrimus'' Hochst. - C + S Africa from Zaire to KawZulu-Natal, plus Guinea
# '' Sclerocroton melanostictus'' (Baill.) Kruijt & Roebers - Madagascar
# '' Sclerocroton oblongifolius'' (Müll.Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
# '' Sclerocroton schmitzii'' (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
;Formerly included
moved to ''
Shirakiopsis
''Shirakiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999. There are six known species, 3 native to tropical Asia and 3 to tropical Africa.Shirakiopsis elliptica
''Shirakiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999. There are six known species, 3 native to tropical Asia and 3 to tropical Africa.HippomaneaeEuphorbiaceae generaFlora of Africa
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