Didymocistus Explained

Didymocistus is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1940.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Didymocistus chrysadenius, native to the Loreto region of northeastern Peru, the Amazonas Department of southeastern Colombia, and the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Kuhlmann, João Geraldo. 1940. Anais Reunião Sul-Americana de Botânica 3: 82
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030679 Tropicos, Didymocistus Kuhlm.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=61556 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/12805146?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen list for Didymocistus chrysadenius Kuhlm.
5. Levin, G. A. 1986. Systematic foliar morphology of Phyllanthoideae (Euphorbiaceae). I. Conspectus. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 73(1): 29–85
6. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
7. 20443245. A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Hoffmann. Petra. Kathriarachchi. Hashendra. Wurdack. Kenneth J.. Kew Bulletin. 2006. 61. 1. 37–53.