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Euphorbiaceae

Paracroton Miq.

First published in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 382 (1859)

This genus is accepted

The native range of this genus is Tropical Asia.

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Native to:

Borneo, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand

Heterotypic Synonyms

Desmostemon Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 278 (1861)
Fahrenheitia Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1256 (1866)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Trees of New Guinea
- Trees of New Guinea
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0