Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821.[2][3] It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

Sebastiania
Sebastiania commersoniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Sebastiania
Spreng.
Synonyms[1]
  • Adenogyne Klotzsch
  • Clonostachys Klotzsch

Species edit

As of 2020 Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 60 species in the genus Sebastiania.[9] Many species formerly included in this genus are now placed in genera such as Actinostemon, Bonania, Chrysanthellum, Dendrocousinsia, Ditaxis, Ditrysinia, Gymnanthes, Microstachys, Phyllanthus, Sapium, and Stillingia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1821. Neue Entdeckungen im Ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde 2: 118, pl. 3 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos Sebastiania Spreng.
  4. ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico D.F.
  5. ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  6. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. ^ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
  8. ^ Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1087–1144
  9. ^ "Sebastiania Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 September 2020.