Ditta is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series ser. 2. 8: 160Tropicos Ditta Griseb. It is native to the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean.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.Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Species Ditta maestrensis Borhidi - Sierra Maestra in SE Cuba Ditta myricoides Griseb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
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