Grossera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903.[2][3] It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa.[1][4] It is dioecious.[5]
| Grossera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Aleuritideae |
| Subtribe: | Grosserinae |
| Genus: | Grossera Pax |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fourneaua Pierre ex Prain | |
- Species[1]
- Grossera angustifolia Barbera&Riina - Equatorial Guinea
- Grossera elongata Hutch. - Príncipe
- Grossera glomeratospicata J.Léonard - East Congo
- Grossera macrantha Pax - East Congo, West Congo, Cameroon, Central African Rep.
- Grossera major Pax - Cameroon
- Grossera multinervis J.Léonard - East Congo, São Tomé
- Grossera paniculata Pax - West Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
- Grossera perrieri Leandri - Madagascar
- Grossera vignei Hoyle - Ivory Coast, Ghana, West Congo
- formerly included[1]
moved to Cavacoa
- G. aurea - Cavacoa aurea
- G. baldwinii - Cavacoa baldwinii
- G. quintasii - Cavacoa quintasii
References edit
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 281-282 descriptions in Latin, commentary and range information in German
- ^ Tropicos, Grossera Pax
- ^ 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.
- ^ Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.
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