Jatropha spinosa

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Jatropheae
Genus: Jatropha
Species: Jatropha spinosa

Name edit

Jatropha spinosa Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 79 (1790).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Croton spinosus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 163 (1775), nom. illeg.
  • Homotypic
    • Adenoropium spinosum (Vahl) Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 15 (1826).
  • Heterotypic
    • Jatropha aculeata F.Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 76 (1818).
    • Jatropha spinosa var. crenulata Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 56 (1910).
    • Jatropha spinosa var. somalensis Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 56 (1910).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Djibouti; Somalia
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia; Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Vahl, M. 1790. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 1. 85 pp., tt. 1–25. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. : 79

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