Cephalomappa sinensis

Cephalomappa sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Epiprineae
Subtribe: Cephalomappinae
Genus: Cephalomappa
Species:
C. sinensis
Binomial name
Cephalomappa sinensis
(Chun & F.C.How) Kosterm.
Synonyms
  • Muricococcum sinense Chun & F.C.How

Cephalomappa sinensis is a species of flowering plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree native to southern Yunnan and eastern and southeastern Guangxi in southern China and to northern Vietnam.

The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Vulnerable.

The species was first described as Muricococcum sinense in 1956, and placed in the monotypic genus Muricococcum. In 1961 André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans placed the species in genus Cephalomappa as C. sinensis.

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cephalomappa sinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F.C.How) Kosterm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 250 肥牛树 fei niu shu Cephalomappa sinensis (Chun & F. C. How) Kostermans, Reinwardtia. 5: 413. 1961
  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.
  5. ↑ Chun, Woon Young & How, Foon-Chew. 1956. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 5(1): 14–15
  6. ↑ Tropicos, genus Muricococcum