''Stachyandra'' is a
plant genus in the
family Picrodendraceae
Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ These are subtropical to tropical ...
first described as a genus in 1990.
[Radcliffe-Smith, Alan. 1990. Notes on Madagascan Euphorbiaceae, III. ''Stachyandra''. Kew Bulletin 45(3): 561–568]
The entire genus is
endemic to
Madagascar.
[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.]
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# '']Stachyandra imberbis
''Stachyandra'' is a plant genus in the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1990.Radcliffe-Smith, Alan. 1990. Notes on Madagascan Euphorbiaceae, III. ''Stachyandra''. Kew Bulletin 45(3): 561–568
The entire genus is endemi ...
'' (Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm.
# '' Stachyandra merana'' (Airy Shaw) J.-F.Leroy ex Radcl.-Sm.
# '' Stachyandra rufibarbis'' (Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm.
# '' Stachyandra viticifolia'' (Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm.
See also
*Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
As the family Picrodendraceae is erected from the bases of subfamily Oldfieldioideae, its taxonomy remains the same:
Tribe Caletieae
There are 4 subtribes and 13 genera:
:Subtribe Dissiliariinae
::''Austrobuxus'' (also ''Buraeavia'', ''Bureaua ...
References
Picrodendraceae
Malpighiales genera
Endemic flora of Madagascar
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