Cephalocrotonopsis
Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.
Cephalocrotonopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
Tribe: | Epiprineae |
Subtribe: | Epiprininae |
Genus: | Cephalocrotonopsis Pax |
Species: | C. socotranus |
Binomial name | |
Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus | |
Synonyms | |
Cephalocroton socotranus Balf.f. |
The species is listed as vulnerable.
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