Pycnocoma

Pycnocoma is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1849.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Pycnocoma angustifolia - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Cost
  2. Pycnocoma bampsiana - Zaïre
  3. Pycnocoma chevalieri - Zaïre, Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Uganda, South Sudan
  4. Pycnocoma cornuta - Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Ghana, Nigeria
  5. Pycnocoma dentata - Angola
  6. Pycnocoma devredii - Kasai
  7. Pycnocoma elua - Zaïre
  8. Pycnocoma insularum - Zaïre
  9. Pycnocoma littoralis - Kenya, Tanzania
  10. Pycnocoma louisii - Zaïre
  11. Pycnocoma macrantha - Lushoto
  12. Pycnocoma macrophylla (Bomah-nut) - W + C Africa
  13. Pycnocoma minor - Congo, Gabon, Central African Rep, Equatorial Guinea
  14. Pycnocoma reticulata - Madagascar
  15. Pycnocoma reygaertii - Zaïre
  16. Pycnocoma subflava - Zaïre
  17. Pycnocoma thollonii - Gabon
  18. Pycnocoma thonneri - Congo, Zaïre
Formerly included[1]

Pycnocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Pycnocominae
Genus: Pycnocoma
Benth.
Synonyms[1]

moved to other genera: Argomuellera Droceloncia

  1. P. danguyana - Argomuellera danguyana
  2. P. decaryana - Argomuellera decaryana
  3. P. gigantea - Argomuellera gigantea
  4. P. gigantea var. calcicola - Argomuellera calcicola
  5. P. hirsuta - Argomuellera macrophylla
  6. P. hutchinsonii - Argomuellera macrophylla
  7. P. laurentii - Argomuellera macrophylla
  8. P. parviflora - Argomuellera macrophylla
  9. P. perrieri - Argomuellera perrieri
  10. P. rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia
  11. P. sapinii - Argomuellera macrophylla
  12. P. sassandrae - Argomuellera macrophylla
  13. P. trewioides - Argomuellera trewioides

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Bentham, George. 1849. in Hooker, William Jackson, Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa 508-509 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. Tropicos Pycnocoma Benth.
  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.


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