Paranecepsia

Paranecepsia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1976.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Paranecepsia alchorneifolia, native to southeastern Africa (eastern Tanzania and Niassa Province in northern Mozambique).[4][5]

Paranecepsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Bernardieae
Genus: Paranecepsia
Radcl.-Sm.
Species:
P. alchorneifolia
Binomial name
Paranecepsia alchorneifolia
Radcl.-Sm.

The species has been classified as vulnerable.[1]

References

  1. Lovett, J.; Clarke, G.P. (1998). "Paranecepsia alchorneifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35727A9954541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35727A9954541.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Radcliffe-Smith, Alan. 1976. Kew Bulletin 30: 684
  3. Tropicos
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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.


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