Orfilea Explained

Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.^{[4] [5]}

Species^[4]

1. Orfilea ankafinensis (Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
2. Orfilea coriacea Baill. - Comoros, Madagascar
3. Orfilea multispicata (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
4. Orfilea neraudiana (Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius

Notes and References

1. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 452
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033377 Tropicos
3. Webster, G. L. 1994. Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(1): 33–144
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=143717 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. 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.