Thecacoris

Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[6] although it may rarely be monoecious.[7]

Species[1]
  1. Thecacoris cometia - Madagascar
  2. Thecacoris glabroglandulosa - Gabon, Zaïre
  3. Thecacoris grandifolia - Gabon, Cameroon
  4. Thecacoris humbertii - Madagascar
  5. Thecacoris lancifolia - Gabon
  6. Thecacoris latistipula - Zaïre
  7. Thecacoris leptobotrya - C Africa
  8. Thecacoris lucida - C Africa
  9. Thecacoris madagascariensis - Madagascar
  10. Thecacoris manniana - Sao Tomé
  11. Thecacoris micrantha - Ivory Coast, Ghana
  12. Thecacoris perrieri - Madagascar
  13. Thecacoris spathulifolia - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar
  14. Thecacoris stenopetala - C + W Africa
  15. Thecacoris trichogyne - C Africa
  16. Thecacoris usambarensis - Kenya, Tanzania
  17. Thecacoris viridis - C Africa
formerly included

Thecacoris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Antidesmateae
Subtribe: Antidesmatinae
Genus: Thecacoris
A.Juss.
Synonyms[1]

moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus

  1. Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata
  2. Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105
  3. Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss
  4. 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.
  5. Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350.
  6. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
  7. Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335.
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