Cavacoa Explained

Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.^{[1] [2]} All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa.^{[3] [4]} It is dioecious.^[5]

Species^[3]

1. Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
2. Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia
3. Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre

Notes and References

1. Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320
2. 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
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=36226 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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. 10.2307/2666174. 2666174. Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae. Van Welzen. Peter C.. Stuppy. Wolfgang. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 1999. 86. 4. 894–903.