Kingdom Plantae Family Euphorbiaceae Tribe Epiprineae Rank Genus | Order Malpighiales Subfamily Acalyphoideae Subtribe Epiprininae | |
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Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.
The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.
- Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
- Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia
moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )
References
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