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Cocconerion

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Cocconerion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Ricinocarpeae
Subtribe: Bertyinae
Genus: Cocconerion
Baill.

Cocconerion is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia[3] and is related to Baloghia.[4]

Species[3]
  1. Cocconerion balansae Baill. - SE New Caledonia
  2. Cocconerion minus Baill. - New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands

References

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  1. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1873. 11: 87-90 descriptions in Latin, extensive commentary in French
  2. ^ Tropicos, Cocconerion Baill.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Tokuoka, T. (2007). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto Based on Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences and Ovule and Seed Character Evolution. Journal of Plant Research 120: 511–22.