Sebastiania

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Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821.[2][3] It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

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Sebastiania
Sebastiania commersoniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Sebastiania
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Synonyms[1]
  • Adenogyne Klotzsch
  • Clonostachys Klotzsch
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Species

As of 2020 Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 60 species in the genus Sebastiania.[9] Many species formerly included in this genus are now placed in genera such as Actinostemon, Bonania, Chrysanthellum, Dendrocousinsia, Ditaxis, Ditrysinia, Gymnanthes, Microstachys, Phyllanthus, Sapium, and Stillingia.

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