Muricococcum is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1956.[3][4] It contains only one known species, Muricococcum sinense, native to southern China (Guangxi, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.[2][5][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Epiprineae |
| Subtribe: | Cephalomappinae |
| Genus: | Muricococcum Chun & F.C.How |
| Species: | M. sinense
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| Binomial name | |
| Muricococcum sinense Chun & F.C.How
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The species is listed as vulnerable.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cephalomappa sinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Chun, Woon Young & How, Foon-Chew. 1956. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 5(1): 14–15
- ^ Tropicos, genus Muricococcum
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 250 肥牛树 fei niu shu Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F. C. How) Kostermans, Reinwardtia. 5: 413. 1961
- ^ 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.
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