Cavacoa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|image_caption = Cavacoa aurea

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|taxon = Cavacoa

|authority = J.Léonard

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Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320Govaerts, 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 All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=36226 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]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. It is dioecious.{{cite journal|doi=10.2307/2666174|jstor=2666174|title=Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae|last1=Van Welzen|first1=Peter C.|last2=Stuppy|first2=Wolfgang|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|year=1999|volume=86|issue=4|pages=894–903|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/28633}}

;Species

1. Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
2. Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia
3. Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre