Benoistia

<i>Benoistia</i>

Benoistia

Genus of flowering plants

Benoistia is a genus of shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) and the monotypic subtribe Benoistiinae. It was first described as a genus in 1939.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.[3][4] It is dioecious.[5]

Species[3]
  1. Benoistia orientalis Radcl.-Sm. - N + E Madagascar
  2. Benoistia perrieri H.Perrier & Leandri - Madagascar
  3. Benoistia sambiranensis H.Perrier & Leandri - N Madagascar

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References

  1. [1]
    Perrier de la Bâthie, Joseph Marie Henry Alfred & Leandri, Jacques Désiré . 1939. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 85: 528.
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Benoistia H. Perrier & Leandri
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.
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