Acidoton
Genus of flowering plants
Acidoton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is native to the Greater Antilles, Central America, and tropical South America.
- Species
- Acidoton haitiensis Alain - Haiti
- Acidoton lanceolatus Urb. & Ekman - Haiti
- Acidoton microphyllus Urb. - Hispaniola
- Acidoton nicaraguensis (Hemsl.) G.L.Webster - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, NW Brazil
- Acidoton urens Sw. - Jamaica
- Acidoton variifolius Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola
- Formerly included
moved to other genera (Flueggea Jablonskia Margaritaria Meineckia Securinega )
- A. acidothamnus - Flueggea acidoton
- A. baillonianus - Margaritaria discoidea var. triplosphaera
- A. buxifolius - Flueggea tinctoria
- A. congestus - Jablonskia congesta
- A. durissimus - Securinega durissima
- A. ellipticus - Flueggea elliptica
- A. flexuosus - Flueggea flexuosa
- A. flueggeoides - Flueggea suffruticosa
- A. griseus - Flueggea virosa
- A. hilarianus - Meineckia neogranatensis subsp. hilariana
- A. leucopyrus - Flueggea leucopyrus
- A. obovatus - Flueggea virosa
- A. phyllanthoides - Flueggea virosa
- A. ramiflorus - Flueggea suffruticosa
- A. schuechianus - Flueggea schuechiana
- A. trichogynus - Meineckia trichogynis
- A. virosus - Flueggea virosa
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Acidoton male flower.jpg by Picart, Public domain
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