Discoclaoxylon Explained

Discoclaoxylon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1914.^{[1] [2]} It is native to western and central Africa, including islands in the Gulf of Guinea.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Species^[3]

1. 1. Discoclaoxylon hexandrum (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Discoclaoxylon occidentale (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - São Tomé
2. Discoclaoxylon pedicellare (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bioko (Cameroon)
3. Discoclaoxylon pubescens (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Exell - Annobón (Equatorial Guinea)

Notes and References

1. Pax, Ferdinand Albin, Hoffmann, Käthe, & Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1914. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 137
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033523 Tropicos, genus Discoclaoxylon
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=63046 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. Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.