Shirakiopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999.[1][2] There are six known species, 3 native to tropical Asia and 3 to tropical Africa.[3][4][5]
These are trees and shrubs producing a milky latex.[3] Their smaller branches are coated in pale-colored, yellowish, or sometimes reddish hairs. The toothed oblong to oval leaves are alternately arranged and there are small ovate to triangular stipules. The inflorescences are thyrses at the branch tips. The plants are monoecious; the inflorescence holds a few male flowers with usually one to three female flowers at the base. The male flower has three stamens. The female flower has 2 or 3 stigmas. There are no petals. The fruit is smooth, dry, and woody or occasionally slightly fleshy, and contains 2 or 3 seeds in each of its chambers.[4]
Shirakiopsis elliptica (Hochst.) Esser in R.H.A.Govaerts, D.G.Frodin & A.Radcliffe-Smith - tropical + southern Africa from South Africa to Senegal and Ethiopia
Shirakiopsis indica (Willd.) Esser - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Caroline Islands
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Shirakiopsis aubrevillei (syn. Sapium aubrevillei) is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Ivory Coast and Ghana,...
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divided, with its species distributed amongst three genera: Neoshirakia, Shirakiopsis , and Triadica. Neoshirakia contains only one known species, Neoshirakia...
Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Formerly included moved to Shirakiopsis Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
to be strictly unique to Pande—Tricalysia bridsoniana var. pandensis, Shirakiopsis sp. nov., and Leptactina sp. A of FTEA—are among the plants of conservation...
formerly included moved to other genera: Antidesma Baccaurea Drypetes Shirakiopsis A. bilitonensis - Baccaurea minor A. calocarpa - Drypetes longifolia...
Sapium: Genus Schinziophyton: Genus Sclerocroton: Genus Seidelia: Genus Shirakiopsis: Genus Spirostachys: Genus Suregada: Genus Synadenium: Genus Tithymalus:...
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