Choriceras is a genus of plants in the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1874.[2]

Choriceras
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Choriceras
Baill.

Choriceras is native to New Guinea and to northern Australia.[1][3]

Species[1]
  1. Choriceras majus Airy Shaw - Queensland
  2. Choriceras tricorne (Benth.) Airy Shaw - New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1874. Adansonia 11: 119-127 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French.
  3. ^ 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.