# Grossera

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***Grossera*** is a [plant](/source/Plant) [genus](/source/Genus) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae) first described as a genus in 1903.[1][2] It is native to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) and to mainland tropical [Africa](/source/Africa).[3][4] It is [dioecious](/source/Dioecious).[5]

**Species[3]**

1. *[Grossera angustifolia](/source/Grossera_angustifolia)* Barbera&Riina - [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea)
1. *[Grossera elongata](/source/Grossera_elongata)* Hutch. - [Príncipe](/source/Pr%C3%ADncipe)
1. *[Grossera glomeratospicata](/source/Grossera_glomeratospicata)* J.Léonard - [East Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)
1. *[Grossera macrantha](/source/Grossera_macrantha)* Pax - [East Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [West Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), [Central African Rep.](/source/Central_African_Republic)
1. *[Grossera major](/source/Grossera_major)* Pax - [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
1. *[Grossera multinervis](/source/Grossera_multinervis)* J.Léonard - [East Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [São Tomé](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9)
1. *[Grossera paniculata](/source/Grossera_paniculata)* Pax - [West Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), [Gabon](/source/Gabon)
1. *[Grossera perrieri](/source/Grossera_perrieri)* Leandri - [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
1. *[Grossera vignei](/source/Grossera_vignei)* Hoyle - [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Ghana](/source/Ghana), [West Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo)

**formerly included[3]**

moved to *[Cavacoa](/source/Cavacoa)*

1. *G. aurea - [Cavacoa aurea](/source/Cavacoa_aurea)*
1. *G. baldwinii - [Cavacoa baldwinii](/source/Cavacoa_baldwinii)*
1. *G. quintasii - [Cavacoa quintasii](/source/Cavacoa_quintasii)*

## References

1. [Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1903. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 281-282](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/213090#page/292/mode/1up) descriptions in Latin, commentary and range information in German

1. [Tropicos, *Grossera* Pax](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017673)

1. [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=92750)

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.

1. Van Welzen, Peter C. & Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). ["Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/28633). *Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden*. **86** (4): 894–903. [doi:10.2307/2666174](https://doi.org/10.2307/2666174). [JSTOR 2666174](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2666174)

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