- Chonocentrum
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Chonocentrum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Phyllanthaceae Tribe: Wielandieae Genus: Chonocentrum
Pierre ex Pax & K.Hoffm.Species to be completed.
Chonocentrum is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus is still not well understood; W. John Hayden has observed that the plant seems have been collected just once, in upper Rio Negro of Brazil in the 1850s, and suggests that it has been misplaced taxonomically.
References
- Hayden, W. J., & S. M. Hayden. 1996. Two enigmatic biovulate Euphorbiaceae from the neotropics: relationships of Chonocentrum and the identity of Phyllanoa. A.I.B.S. Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. ABSTRACT: Amer. J. Bot. 83(6-supplement): 162.
- Hayden, W. J., & S. M. Hayden. 2000. Relationships of Chonocentrum (Euphorbiaceae). Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, Radford University, Radford, VA. ABSTRACT: Virginia J. Sci. 51: 95.
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