''Thecacoris'' is a
genus of
flowering plant belonging to the
family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
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/ref> It is dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male and female flowers on separate plants, although it may rarely be monoecious
Monoecy (; adj. monoecious ) is a sexual system in seed plants where separate male and female cones or flowers are present on the same plant. It is a monomorphic sexual system alongside gynomonoecy, andromonoecy and trimonoecy.
Monoecy is conne ...
.[
;formerly included
moved to other genera: '']Maesobotrya
''Maesobotrya'' is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family (biology), family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1879. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
;Sp ...
'' ''Spondianthus
''Spondianthus'' is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the tribe Spondiantheae. It was first described as a genus in 1905. The genus contains only one recognized species, ''Spondianthus preussii'', ...
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# ''Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata''
# ''Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber''
References
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Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae genera
Dioecious plants