Thecacoris

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|authority = A.Juss.

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|synonyms = *Baccaureopsis Pax

• Cyathogyne Müll.Arg.
• Henribaillonia Kuntze

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Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012789 Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss] It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=203538 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.Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,{{cite journal|jstor=20443245|title=A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Petra|last2=Kathriarachchi|first2=Hashendra|last3=Wurdack|first3=Kenneth J.|journal=Kew Bulletin|year=2006|volume=61|issue=1|pages=37–53}} although it may rarely be monoecious.{{cite journal|doi=10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882|title=Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences|year=2004|last1=Wurdack|first1=Kenneth J.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=Petra|last3=Samuel|first3=Rosabelle|last4=Bruijn|first4=Anette|last5=Bank|first5=Michelle|last6=Chase|first6=Mark W.|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=91|issue=11|pages=1882–1900|pmid=21652335|doi-access=}}

;Species

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1. Thecacoris cometia - Madagascar
2. Thecacoris glabroglandulosa - Gabon, Zaïre
3. Thecacoris grandifolia - Gabon, Cameroon
4. Thecacoris humbertii - Madagascar
5. Thecacoris lancifolia - Gabon
6. Thecacoris latistipula - Zaïre
7. Thecacoris leptobotrya - C Africa
8. Thecacoris lucida - C Africa
9. Thecacoris madagascariensis - Madagascar
10. Thecacoris manniana - Sao Tomé
11. Thecacoris micrantha - Ivory Coast, Ghana
12. Thecacoris perrieri - Madagascar
13. Thecacoris spathulifolia - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar
14. Thecacoris stenopetala - C + W Africa
15. Thecacoris trichogyne - C Africa
16. Thecacoris usambarensis - Kenya, Tanzania
17. Thecacoris viridis - C Africa

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;formerly included

moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus

1. Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata
2. Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber