Doryxylon

Doryxylon spinosum
Doryxylon spinosum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Chrozophoreae
Subtribe: Doryxylinae
Genus: Doryxylon
Zoll.
Species: D. spinosum
Binomial name
Doryxylon spinosum
Zoll.
Synonyms[2]
  • Mercadoa Náves
  • Sumbavia Baill.
  • Adelia acidoton Blanco, illegitimate homonym
  • Sumbavia rottleroides Baill.
  • Mercadoa mandalojonensis Náves

Doryxylon is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1857.[3][4] The sole species is Doryxylon spinosum. It is found on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines and in the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern Indonesia.[2]

formerly included[2]

Doryxylon albicans (Blume) N.P.Balakr. syn of Sumbaviopsis albicans (Blume) J.J.Sm.

References

  1. ↑ 1880 plate by Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Zollinger, Heinrich. 1857. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 14(ser. 3. 4): 1, 172
  4. ↑ Tropicos


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