Grossera Explained

Grossera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa.^{[3] [4]} It is dioecious.^[5]

Species^[3]

1. Grossera angustifolia Barbera&Riina - Equatorial Guinea
2. Grossera elongata Hutch. - Príncipe
3. Grossera glomeratospicata J.Léonard - East Congo
4. Grossera macrantha Pax - East Congo, West Congo, Cameroon, Central African Rep.
5. Grossera major Pax - Cameroon
6. Grossera multinervis J.Léonard - East Congo, São Tomé
7. Grossera paniculata Pax - West Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
8. Grossera perrieri Leandri - Madagascar
9. Grossera vignei Hoyle - Ivory Coast, Ghana, West Congo

formerly included^[3] moved to Cavacoa

1. G. aurea - Cavacoa aurea
2. G. baldwinii - Cavacoa baldwinii
3. G. quintasii - Cavacoa quintasii

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/213090#page/292/mode/1up Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 281-282
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017673 Tropicos, Grossera Pax
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=92750 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. 10.2307/2666174. 2666174. Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae. Van Welzen. Peter C.. Stuppy. Wolfgang. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 1999. 86. 4. 894–903.