Romanoa tamnoides explained

Romanoa tamnoides is a species of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Romanoa, first described in 1824.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is native to Brazil and Paraguay.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Varieties^[4]

• Romanoa tamnoides var. sinuata (Ule) Radcl.-Sm. - Bahia
• Romanoa tamnoides var. tamnoides - Paraguay, SE Brazil (Minas Gerais, Goiás, Rio de Janeiro)

The genus name Romanoa is also used for a fungus.

Notes and References

1. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 46
2. Trevisan de Saint-Léon, Vittore Benedetto Antonio. 1848. Saggio di una Monografia delle Alghe Coccotalle 99
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026751 Tropicos, genus Romanoa
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=179378 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.
6. 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