Cavacoa

Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.^[1][2] All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa.^[3][4] It is dioecious.^[5]

Species^[3]

1. Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
2. Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia
3. Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre

Cavacoa
Cavacoa aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Aleuritideae
Subtribe:	Grosserinae
Genus:	Cavacoa J.Léonard

References

1. Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320
2. 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
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.
5. Van Welzen, Peter C.; Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). "Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86 (4): 894–903. doi:10.2307/2666174. JSTOR 2666174.