Discocleidion

Discocleidion is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1914. It contains one accepted species, Discocleidion rufescens, endemic to China.

formerly included

Discocleidion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Bernardieae
Genus: Discocleidion
(Müll. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm.
Species:
D. rufescens
Binomial name
Discocleidion rufescens
(Franch.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Synonyms
  • Cleidion sect. Discocleidion Müll. Arg.
  • Alchornea rufescens Franch.
  • Wetria rufescens (Franch.) Pamp.
  • Acalypha giraldii Pax ex Diels
  • Mallotus cavaleriei H.Lév.

moved to Alchornea

  1. Discocleidion glabrum Merr., synonym of Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus.
  2. Discocleidion ulmifolium (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., synonym of Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus.
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