Moultonianthus is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae[1] first described as a genus in 1916.[2] The only known species is Moultonianthus leembruggianus, native to Borneo and Sumatra.[3][4]

Moultonianthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Erismantheae
Genus: Moultonianthus
Merr.
Species:
M. leembruggianus
Binomial name
Moultonianthus leembruggianus
Synonyms[1]

Erismanthus leembruggianus Boerl. & Koord.
Moultonianthus borneensis Merr. (type species)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Moultonianthus leembruggianus (Boerl. & Koord.) Steenis". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1916. Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany 11: 70-71 genus description in Latin only; species description in Latin with parallel English translation; other notes in English
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ 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.