Euphorbieae
Encyclopedia
Euphorbieae is a tribe
of flowering plant
s of the family
Euphorbiaceae
. It comprises 3 subtribes
and 6 genera
.
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
. It comprises 3 subtribes
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
and 6 genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
.
Genera
- Subtribe Anthosteminae
- AnthostemaAnthostemaAnthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae . The genus includes only three species, native to Africa and Madagascar....
A.Juss.Adrien-Henri de JussieuAdrien-Henri de Jussieu was a French botanist.Born in Paris as the son of botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1824 with a treatise of the plant family Euphorbiaceae. When his father retired in 1826, he succeeded him at the Jardin des Plantes; in... - DichostemmaDichostemmaDichostemma is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae ....
PierreJean Baptiste Louis PierreJean Baptiste Louis Pierre , also known as J. B. Louis Pierre, was a French botanist known for his Asian studies....
- Anthostema
- Subtribe Euphorbiinae
- CubanthusCubanthusCubanthus is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae ....
Millsp.Charles Frederick MillspaughCharles Frederick Millspaugh was an American botanist, born at Ithaca, N.Y., and educated at Cornell and the New York Homeopathic Medical College. For several years he practiced medicine and from 1891 to 1893 taught botany at West Virginia University... - Euphorbia L.
- Cubanthus
- Subtribe Neoguillauminiinae
- CalycopeplusCalycopeplusCalycopeplus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae....
Planch. - Neoguillauminia Croizat
- Calycopeplus