Ditta

Ditta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Adenoclineae
Subtribe: Adenoclininae
Genus: Ditta
Griseb.

Ditta is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.[1][2] It is native to the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean.[3][4][5]

Species[3]
  1. Ditta maestrensis Borhidi - Sierra Maestra in SE Cuba
  2. Ditta myricoides Griseb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico

References

  1. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series ser. 2. 8: 160
  2. Tropicos Ditta Griseb.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.
  5. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.


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