Pausandra Explained

Pausandra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1870.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Central America and South America.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

species^[3]

1. Pausandra fordii Secco - Amapá, French Guiana
2. Pausandra hirsuta Lanj. - Peru (Amazonas, Loreto), Brazil (Amazonas, Acre), Bolivia (Pando), Colombia (Amazonas)
3. Pausandra macropetala Ducke - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Peru (Loreto), Venezuela (Amazonas)
4. Pausandra macrostachya Ducke - Pará
5. Pausandra martini Baill. - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
6. Pausandra megalophylla Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
7. Pausandra morisiana (Casar.) Radlk. - Brazil
8. Pausandra trianae (Müll.Arg.) Baill. - widespread from Honduras to Bolivia

formerly included^[3] moved to Dodecastigma

• P. integrifolia - Dodecastigma integrifolium

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59175#page/95/mode/1up Radlkofer, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus. 1870. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält /herausgegeben von der Königl. Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 53: 92-93
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002549 Tropicos, Pausandra Radlk.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=148170 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. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. 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.
7. Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144