Plagiostyles is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1897.[1][2] It is native to tropical Africa.[3]

Plagiostyles
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Stomatocalyceae
Subtribe: Stomatocalycinae
Genus: Plagiostyles
Pierre
Species[3][4]
  1. Plagiostyles africana (Müll.Arg.) Prain - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Cabinda Province, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. Plagiostyles pinnatus Willd. - Gabon[5]

References

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  1. ^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1897. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1326
  2. ^ Tropicos, Plagiostyles Pierre
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ The Plant List, genus Plagiostyles
  5. ^ ORSTOM. 1988. List of Vascular Plants of Gabon with Synonymy. Gabon Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde