Cephalocrotonopsis Explained

Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.^{[3] [4]}

The species is listed as vulnerable.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1910. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 II(Heft 44): 15
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003984 Tropicos, genus Cephalocrotonopsis
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=36776 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. Miller, A. . 2004 . Cephalocroton socotranus . 2004 . e.T44893A10951070 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44893A10951070.en . 19 November 2021.