Micrococca
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Micrococca is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1849.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/552297#page/514/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1849. Niger Flora 503.] in Latin It is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Old World Tropics).[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018825 Tropicos]van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25.
Species
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- Micrococca beddomei - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Micrococca capensis - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
- Micrococca holstii - Kenya, Tanzania
- Micrococca humblotiana - Comoros
- Micrococca johorica - Johor
- Micrococca lancifolia - Madagascar
- Micrococca malaccensis - Peninsular Malaysia
- Micrococca mercurialis - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
- Micrococca oligandra - Sri Lanka, S India
- Micrococca scariosa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
- Micrococca volkensii - Tanzania
- Micrococca wightii - Tamil Nadu }}
formerly included
moved to Erythrococca
- Micrococca berberidea - Erythrococca berberidea
- Micrococca natalensis - Erythrococca natalensis
References
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