Adenopeltis serrata (W.T.Aiton) I.M.Johnst. is a plant in the Euphorbiaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Adenopeltis serrata (W.T.Aiton) I.M.Johnst.

Adenopeltis serrata (W.T.Aiton) I.M.Johnst.

Adenopeltis is a monotypic Euphorbiaceae genus containing just one known shrub species, A. serrata, which is endemic to central Chile.

Family
Genus
Adenopeltis
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Adenopeltis serrata (W.T.Aiton) I.M.Johnst.

Adenopeltis is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae that was first formally described as a genus in 1832. The genus name originates from Greek, and translates to "glandular shield". The genus contains only one known species: Adenopeltis serrata, which is a shrub that is endemic to Chile. This species is distributed across Chile from the Coquimbo region to the Biobio region.

Photo: (c) Leonardo Mondaca Lara, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Leonardo Mondaca Lara · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae Adenopeltis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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