Micrococca

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Micrococca
Species: M. beddomei – M. capensis – M. holstii – M. humblotiana – M. johorica – M. lancifolia – M. malaccensis – M. mercurialis – M. oligandra – M. scariosa – M. volkensii – M. wightii
Name

Micrococca Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl. 503. (1849)

Type species: Micrococca mercurialis (L.) Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl. 503. (1849)

References

Bentham, G. 1849. Niger Flora 503.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Micrococca in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Micrococca. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 17 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Micrococca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2021.

Micrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849.[2] It is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Old World Tropics).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Species

[3]

Micrococca beddomei - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Micrococca capensis - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
Micrococca holstii - Kenya, Tanzania
Micrococca humblotiana - Comoros
Micrococca johorica - Johor
Micrococca lancifolia - Madagascar
Micrococca malaccensis - Peninsular Malaysia
Micrococca mercurialis - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
Micrococca oligandra - Sri Lanka, S India
Micrococca scariosa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
Micrococca volkensii - Tanzania
Micrococca wightii - Tamil Nadu

formerly included

moved to Erythrococca

Micrococca berberidea - Erythrococca berberidea
Micrococca natalensis - Erythrococca natalensis

References

Tropicos
Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 503. in Latin
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.