Algernonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4 9: 198Tropicos, Algernonia Baill. It is native to Peru and Brazil.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroWebster, G. L. 2007. Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 25: 235–239.
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