Algernonia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Algernonia leandrii (Baill.) G.L.Webster3.jpg |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Algernonia |authority = Baill. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=p/> |synonyms = *''Tetraplandra'' <small>Baill.</small> *''Dendrobryon'' <small>Klotzsch ex Pax</small> }}

'''''Algernonia''''' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.<ref>Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4 9: 198</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009716 Tropicos, ''Algernonia'' Baill.]</ref> It is native to Peru and Brazil.<ref name=p>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=5956 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archivedate=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Webster, G. L. 2007. Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 25: 235–239.</ref>

;Species<ref name=p/> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Algernonia amazonica'' - Huanuco, Amazonas * ''Algernonia bahiensis'' - Bahia * ''Algernonia brasiliensis'' - São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro * ''Algernonia dimitrii'' - SE Brazil * ''Algernonia gibbosa'' - Rio de Janeiro * ''Algernonia glazioui'' - Rio de Janeiro * Pau-de-leite (''Algernonia kuhlmannii'') - Peru, SE Brazil * ''Algernonia leandrii'' - SE Brazil * ''Algernonia obovata'' - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro * ''Algernonia pardina'' - Bahia * ''Algernonia paulae'' - Rio de Janeiro * ''Algernonia riedelii'' - Rio de Janeiro }}

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Category:Euphorbiaceae genera Category:Euphorbioideae Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon