Chascotheca Explained

Chascotheca is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1904.^{[1] [2]} It is native to the western Caribbean.^{[3] [4]}

Species^[3]

1. Chascotheca neopeltandra (Griseb.) Urb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Cayman Islands
2. Chascotheca triplinervia (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Cuba

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/688039#page/17/mode/1up Urban, Ignatz. 1905. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 5: 14
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40006233 Tropicos, Chascotheca Urb.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=38436 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.