Dodecastigma

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

• Family

  Euphorbiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Dodecastigma

• Description

  Genus Description - Petaligerous, imbricate with extrastaminal discs; sepals more or less united at base; flowers 3M merous; fruit borne on pedicels 3 cm long, thickened upward. Known only from the Hylaea and British Guiana. The concept of Dodecastigma has been greatly clarified by the thorough study of Sandwith (Kew Bull 1950: 134.1951).

• Discussion

  Type. D. amazonicum Ducke.