Ditta Explained

Ditta is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.^{[1] [2]} It is native to the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Species^[3]

1. Ditta maestrensis Borhidi - Sierra Maestra in SE Cuba
2. Ditta myricoides Griseb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series ser. 2. 8: 160
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034303 Tropicos Ditta Griseb.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=63359 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. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.