Thecacoris is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1821.Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 12, 105Tropicos, Thecacoris A. Juss It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.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.Breteler, F.J. (2011). Thecacoris, including Cyathogyne (Phyllanthaceae), in West Africa: Generic delimination, description of a new species, and a synopsis of all West African species. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 343-350. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants, although it may rarely be monoecious.
Species
formerly included moved to other genera: Maesobotrya Spondianthus Thecacoris glabrata - Maesobotrya glabrata Thecacoris trillesii - Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber
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