| Discocleidion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Bernardieae |
| Genus: | Discocleidion (Müll. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm. |
| Species: | D. rufescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Discocleidion rufescens (Franch.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Discocleidion is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1914.[1][3] It contains one accepted species, Discocleidion rufescens, endemic to China.[4][5][6]
- formerly included[5]
moved to Alchornea
- Discocleidion glabrum Merr., synonym of Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus.
- Discocleidion ulmifolium (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., synonym of Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus.
- ^ a b Tropicos, genus Discocleidion
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonymy for Discocleidion rufescens
- ^ Pax, Ferdinand Albin, & Hoffmann, Käthe. 1914. in Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 45
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Discocleidion
- ^ a b Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 241 丹麻杆属 dan ma gan shu Discocleidion (Müller Argoviensis) Pax & K. Hoffmann in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 63(IV. 147. VII): 45. 1914.
- ^ 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.