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Cavacoa
Sign in to saveCavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955. All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is dioecious.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Native toDR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- MO
- Recorded in
- Liberia, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiaceae
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- Cavacoa
- taxon name
- Cavacoa
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cavacoa
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Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955. All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is dioecious. Species Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cavacoa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.