Lasiococca brevipes

Lasiococca brevipes, synonym Lasiococca malaccensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and Sulawesi.

[1] It was first described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1915 as Mallotus brevipes.

[2] Lasiococca malaccensis was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 1998 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Peninsular Malaysia.

[3] As of February 2023[update], L. malaccensis was regarded as a synonym of Lasiococca brevipes, which has a wider distribution.

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