# Amyrea

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***Amyrea*** is a [plant](/source/Plant) [genus](/source/Genus) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae) first described as a genus in 1941.[1][2] It is native to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) and to nearby [Mayotte Island](/source/Mayotte_Island) in the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean).[3][4]

**Species[3]**

1. *[Amyrea celastroides](/source/Amyrea_celastroides)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea eucleoides](/source/Amyrea_eucleoides)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea gracillima](/source/Amyrea_gracillima)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea grandifolia](/source/Amyrea_grandifolia)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea humbertii](/source/Amyrea_humbertii)* Leandri - [Mayotte](/source/Mayotte_Island), Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea lancifolia](/source/Amyrea_lancifolia)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea maprouneifolia](/source/Amyrea_maprouneifolia)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea myrtifolia](/source/Amyrea_myrtifolia)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea remotiflora](/source/Amyrea_remotiflora)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea sambiranensis](/source/Amyrea_sambiranensis)* Leandri - Madagascar
1. *[Amyrea stenocarpa](/source/Amyrea_stenocarpa)* Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar

## References

1. [Leandri, Jacques Désiré. 1941. Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 9: 168](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6525745#page/405/mode/1up) descriptions in Latin, commentary in French

1. [Tropicos](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012937)

1. [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8517)

1. 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.

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