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- A pantropical family extending into the temperate zone, with ~230 genera and over 6,000 species of herbs, shrubs, trees, vines, and lianas. Climbers are represented in the Neotropics by 15 genera and ~168 species that occur in a wide range of habitats, including moist, wet or dry
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Most climbers in Euphorbiaceae are twiners (i.e., Bia, Dalechampia, Omphalea, Platygyna, Plukenetia, Romanoa, Tragia and Zuckertia); the remaining genera (i.e., Acidocroton, Croton, Euphorbia, Mabea, and Manihot) are scramblers that climb by growing over the surrounding vegetation.
A pantropical family extending into the temperate zone, with ~230 genera and over 6,000. species of herbs, shrubs, trees, vines, and lianas. Climbers are represented in the Neotropics by. 15 genera and ~168 species that occur in a wide range of habitats, including moist, wet or dry.
Research. Lianas and Climbing Plants of the Neotropics. Climbing plants, with about 10,265 species in the Neotropics, contribute about 10% of the tracheophyte flora in this region.
May 7, 2013 · Dalechampia scandens L. (Euphorbiaceae) is a neotropical twining vine native to Mexico, Central America, and South America (Webster and Armbruster, 1991). The species presents a complex hermaphroditic pseudanthial blossom (clusters of female and male flowers forming flowerlike structures).
- Mohsen Falahati-Anbaran, Hans K. Stenøien, Christophe Pélabon, Geir H. Bolstad, Rocio Perez-Barrales...
- 2013
Jun 28, 2023 · However, climbing mechanisms do not significantly influence the distribution of neotropical climbers. Also, we found no strong support for correlations between specialized climbing mechanisms and ...
Euphorbiaceae is the spurge family of flowering plants and comprises some 6,745 species in 218 genera. Many members, such as cassava, are important food sources. Others are useful for their waxes and oils and as a source of medicinal drugs.
Euphorbiaceae ( / juːˈfoʊrbiːˌeɪsiˌaɪ, - siːˌiː / ), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, [2] which is also the name of the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as Euphorbia paralias, are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees ...
