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Tritaxis (plant)

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Tritaxis
Tritaxis glabella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Tritaxis
Baillon

Tritaxis is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Southeast Asia, including parts of India, Sri Lanka, China Hainan, else into Philippines New Guinea, and Northern Australia (Queensland).[1] [2] Until recently, many species were listed under the genus Dimorphocalyx, first described as a genus several years later in 1861.[3] [4][5][6]

Species[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew Plants of World Online
  2. ^ Tropicos, Tritaxis Baill.
  3. ^ Dimorphocalyx Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 278 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ^ Tropicos, Dimorphocalyx Thwaites
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 272 异萼木属 yi e mu shu Dimorphocalyx Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 278. 1861