Doryxylon

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Doryxylon spinosum Blanco2.463.jpg

|image_caption = Doryxylon spinosum1880 plate by Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas

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|genus = Doryxylon

|parent_authority = Zoll.

|species = spinosum

|authority = Zoll.

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|synonyms =

  • Mercadoa Náves
  • Sumbavia Baill.
  • Adelia acidoton Blanco, illegitimate homonym
  • Sumbavia rottleroides Baill.
  • Mercadoa mandalojonensis Náves

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Doryxylon is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1857.Zollinger, Heinrich. 1857. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 14(ser. 3. 4): 1, 172[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40035327 Tropicos] The sole species is Doryxylon spinosum. It is found on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines and in the Lesser Sunda Islands of southern Indonesia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=63701 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;Formerly included

Doryxylon albicans (Blume) N.P.Balakr. syn of Sumbaviopsis albicans (Blume) J.J.Sm.

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