Adenophaedra

Adenophaedra
Illustration of Adenophaedra megalophylla accompanying its protologue.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Bernardieae
Genus: Adenophaedra
(Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg.
Type species
Adenophaedra megaphylla
Synonyms
  • Bernardia Section Adenophaedra Mull.Arg. in Linnaea 34:172, 1865

Adenophaedra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1874. It is native to tropical regions of South America and Central America.

Species
  1. Adenophaedra cearensis Secco - Ceará
  2. Adenophaedra grandifolia (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
  3. Adenophaedra megaphylla (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, E Brazil
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