Hamilcoa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cheek, M. |date=2004 |title=Hamilcoa zenkeri |volume=2004 |page=e.T45454A10999563 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45454A10999563.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

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|genus = Hamilcoa

|parent_authority = Prain

|species = zenkeri

|authority =(Pax) Prain

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|synonyms = Plukenetia zenkeri Pax

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Hamilcoa is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1912.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11630048#page/113/mode/1up Prain, David. 1912. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1912: 107] descriptions in Latin, commentary and range information in English[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020600 Tropicos, Hamilcoa Prain ] It contains only one known species, Hamilcoa zenkeri, native to Nigeria and Cameroon.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=96059 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.