Triadica Explained

Triadica is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1790.^[1] ^[2] It is native to eastern southeastern, and southern Asia.^[3] ^[4]

Species included are:^[3]

Triadica cochinchinensis Lour. - China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Cambodia, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Himalayas of E + N India, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Triadica rotundifolia (Hemsl.) Esser - Guangdong
Triadica sebifera (L.) Small - China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan; naturalized in Himalayas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, SE + SC USA, Sacramento Valley in N California^[5]

A species formerly included but moved to Neoshirakia is:

Triadica japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Baill. - Neoshirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Esser

Notes and References

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/654291#page/244/mode/1up Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 598–599, 610–611
Web site: Tropicos, Triadica Lour. . 2014-10-01 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105730/http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016808 . live .
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=207671 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Web site: Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 284 乌桕属 wu jiu shu Triadica Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2: 598, 610. 1790. . 2014-10-01 . 2013-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015010436/http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133358 . live .
Web site: Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map . 2014-10-01 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075830/http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Triadica%20sebifera.png . live .