Euceraea
| Euceraea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Samydoideae |
| Genus: | Euceraea Mart. |
| Type species | |
| Euceraea nitida[1] | |
| Species | |
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Euceraea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.[2] The genus is native to north South America throughout the North Region of Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[2][3][4][5]
Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae[6] but was moved along with its close relatives to the Salicaceae based on analyses of DNA data.[7] Euceraea is closely related to the genera Casearia and Neoptychocarpus, but differs in its inflorescences of composite spikes.[8] One species, Euceraea rheophytica, is a rheophyte.[9]
In 2022, Euceraea became a synonym of the genus Casearia, though many sources still consider the genus separate.[10]
Known species
[edit]The following species are accepted by World Flora Online:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b c "Euceraea Mart". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ "Euceraea nitida Mart". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ "Euceraea rheophytica P.E.Berry & M.E.Olson". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ "Euceraea sleumeriana Steyerm. & Maguire". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso. 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05.
- ^ Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
- ^ Sleumer, Hermann (1980). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Neotropica. 22: 1–499.
- ^ Berry, Paul; Olson, Matt (1998). "A new rheophytic species of Euceraea (Flacourtiaceae) from Sierra de la Neblina, Venezuela". Brittonia. 50 (4): 493–496. doi:10.2307/2807759. JSTOR 2807759.
- ^ "Euceraea Mart. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
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