Acidoton

Acidoton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788.[2][3] It is native to the Greater Antilles, Central America, and tropical South America.[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Species[1]

1. Acidoton haitiensis Alain - Haiti
2. Acidoton lanceolatus Urb. & Ekman - Haiti
3. Acidoton microphyllus Urb. - Hispaniola
4. Acidoton nicaraguensis (Hemsl.) G.L.Webster - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, NW Brazil
5. Acidoton urens Sw. - Jamaica
6. Acidoton variifolius Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola

Formerly included[1]

Acidoton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Plukenetieae
Subtribe:	Tragiinae
Genus:	Acidoton Sw. 1788, conserved name, not P. Browne 1756
Type species
Acidoton urens Sw.
Synonyms[1]
Durandeeldia Kuntze Gitara Pax & K.Hoffm.

moved to other genera (Flueggea Jablonskia Margaritaria Meineckia Securinega )

1. A. acidothamnus - Flueggea acidoton
2. A. baillonianus - Margaritaria discoidea var. triplosphaera
3. A. buxifolius - Flueggea tinctoria
4. A. congestus - Jablonskia congesta
5. A. durissimus - Securinega durissima
6. A. ellipticus - Flueggea elliptica
7. A. flexuosus - Flueggea flexuosa
8. A. flueggeoides - Flueggea suffruticosa
9. A. griseus - Flueggea virosa
10. A. hilarianus - Meineckia neogranatensis subsp. hilariana
11. A. leucopyrus - Flueggea leucopyrus
12. A. obovatus - Flueggea virosa
13. A. phyllanthoides - Flueggea virosa
14. A. ramiflorus - Flueggea suffruticosa
15. A. schuechianus - Flueggea schuechiana
16. A. trichogynus - Meineckia trichogynis
17. A. virosus - Flueggea virosa

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 83 in Latin
3. Tropicos, genus Acidoton Sw.
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 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
7. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Fl. Antioquia: Cat. 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
8. 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.
9. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
10. Fuentes, A.F., Miranda, T., Araujo-Murakami, A., Cayola, L. Macia, M.J. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2009). Novedades florísticas de la región Madidi, La Paz, Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 4: 293-313.