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Discocarpus

Discocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Wielandieae
Genus: Discocarpus
Klotzsch 1841 not Liebm. 1851 (Urticaceae)

Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America.

moved to other genera: Lachnostylis

In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae. Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:




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