''Acidoton'' is a
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
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 ...
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 1788. It is native to the
Greater Antilles
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,
Central America
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, and tropical
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Fuentes, A.F., Miranda, T., Araujo-Murakami, A., Cayola, L. Macia, M.J. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2009). Novedades florísticas de la región Madidi, La Paz, Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 4: 293-313.]
;Species[
;Formerly included][
moved to other genera ''( Flueggea ]Jablonskia
''Jablonskia congesta'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus ''Jablonskia'' is monotypic.
This species is found in northern South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Wester ...
Margaritaria
''Margaritaria'' is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first published as a genus in 1782. It is the smallest pantropical genus of the Phyllanthaceae and, formerly, of the Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large fam ...
Meineckia
''Meineckia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.
''Meineckia'' is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classifica ...
Securinega )''
References
Plukenetieae
Euphorbiaceae genera
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