Pachystroma

Pachystroma is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865.[2][3] It is the only genus of its tribe (Pachystromateae). The only known species is Pachystroma longifolium, native to Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.[1][4][5][6]

Pachystroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Pachystromateae
Genus: Pachystroma
Müll.Arg.
Species:
P. longifolium
Binomial name
Pachystroma longifolium
(Nees) I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms[1]
  • Acantholoma Gaudich. ex Baill.
  • Ilex longifolia Nees
  • Pachystroma ilicifolium Müll. Arg.
  • Acantholoma spinosum Baill.
  • Pachystroma castaneifolium Klotzsch ex Pax

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 177-178 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Pachystroma Müll. Arg.
  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. Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  6. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 473. ISBN 9780123969545.


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