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Dioecious trees and shrubs with a stellate indumentum. Leaves simple, alternate, entire, gland-dotted. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud; petals 0; stamens 15-40; anthers 2-thecous. Female flowers: calyx 5-6-lobed; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3. Fruit 3-lobed.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Neoboutonia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=855
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Neoboutonia

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Neoboutonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[3][2] It is the only genus in subtribe Neoboutoniinae, and native to tropical Africa.[1][4][5][6][7] It is dioecious.[8]

Species[1]
  1. Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax - Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  2. Neoboutonia mannii Benth. & Hook.f. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique
  3. Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain - tropical Africa from Nigeria to Mozambique

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b "Tropicos, Neoboutonia Müll. Arg". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  3. ^ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 2: 336
  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. ^ Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  6. ^ Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  7. ^ Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  8. ^ 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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Neoboutonia: Brief Summary

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Neoboutonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It is the only genus in subtribe Neoboutoniinae, and native to tropical Africa. It is dioecious.

Species Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax - Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Neoboutonia mannii Benth. & Hook.f. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain - tropical Africa from Nigeria to Mozambique
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