Ophellantha

Ophellantha is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1924.[2][1] It is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America.[3][4][5][6]

Species
  1. Ophellantha spinosa Standl. - Honduras, El Salvador, Chiapas, Veracruz
  2. Ophellantha steyermarkii Standl. - Guatemala, Chiapas

Ophellantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Ophellantha
Standl.
Synonyms[1]

Acidocroton sect. Ophellantha (Standl.) G.L. Webster

References
  1. Tropicos, Ophellantha Standl.
  2. Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1924. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 14(4): 97-98 in English
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1949. Euphorbiaceae. 24(6): 25–170. In P. C. Standley & J. A. Steyermark (eds.) Fl. Guatemala, Part VI, Fieldiana: Botany. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
  6. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.


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