Vaupesia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.Schultes, Richard Evans. 1955. A new generic concept in the Euphorbiaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets 17(1): 27–36, pl. 12, 13 [map], 14 descriptions in Latin, discussion in EnglishTropicos, Vaupesia R.E. Schultes. It contains only one known species, Vaupesia cataractarum, native to southeastern Colombia and northwestern Brazil.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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