Thecacoris

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Antidesmateae
Sybtribus: Antidesmatinae
Genus: Thecacoris
Species: T. cometia – T. glabroglandulosa – T. grandifolia – T. humbertii – T. lancifolia – T. latistipula – T. leptobotrya – T. lucida – T. madagascariensis – T. micrantha – T. perrieri – T. spathulifolia – T. stenopetala – T. trichogyne – T. usambarensis – T. viridis
Name

Thecacoris A.Juss., Euphorb. Gen. 12. t. 1. (1824)

Type species: Thecacoris madagascariensis A.Juss., Euphorb. Gen. 105. t. 1. (1824)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cyathogyne Müll.Arg., Flora 47: 536 (1864)
Henribaillonia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 606 (1891)
Baccaureopsis Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 318 (1909)

References

Jussieu, A.H.L. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen 12. t. 1.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Thecacoris in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Apr. 8. Thecacoris. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Apr. 8.
Tropicos.org 2020. Thecacoris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Apr. 2020.

Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[6] although it may rarely be monoecious.[7]

Species[1]

Thecacoris cometia - Madagascar
Thecacoris glabroglandulosa - Gabon, Zaïre
Thecacoris grandifolia - Gabon, Cameroon
Thecacoris humbertii - Madagascar
Thecacoris lancifolia - Gabon
Thecacoris latistipula - Zaïre
Thecacoris leptobotrya - C Africa
Thecacoris lucida - C Africa
Thecacoris madagascariensis - Madagascar
Thecacoris manniana - Sao Tomé
Thecacoris micrantha - Ivory Coast, Ghana
Thecacoris perrieri - Madagascar
Thecacoris spathulifolia - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar
Thecacoris stenopetala - C + W Africa
Thecacoris trichogyne - C Africa
Thecacoris usambarensis - Kenya, Tanzania
Thecacoris viridis - C Africa

formerly included

moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus

Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata
Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105
Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss
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.
Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350.
Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335.