Dysopsis Explained

Dysopsis is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1858.[1] [2] [3] It is the sole genus in subtribe Dysopsidinae. The genus is native to Costa Rica, Panama, South America, and the Juan Fernández Islands.[4] [5]

Species
  1. Dysopsis glechomoides (A.Rich.) Müll.Arg. - Chile, S Argentina
    1. Dysopsis hirsuta (Müll.Arg.) Skottsb. - Juan Fernández Islands Dysopsis paucidentata (Müll.Arg.) Lozano & J.Murillo - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Notes and References

  1. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 435
  2. Lozano, G. & J. Murillo-A. 2001. El género Dysopsis (Euphorbiaceae). Caldasia 23(2): 419–426.
  3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000463 Tropicos
  4. Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  5. González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394.