Senefelderopsis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae.
It is native to southern tropical America, and found in Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.[
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The genus was circumscribed by Julian Alfred Steyermark in Bot. Mus. Leafl. vol.15 on page 45 in 1951.[
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The genus name of Senefelderopsis is in honour of Alois Senefelder (1771–1834), who was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.
Species
Two species are accepted.[
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Senefelderopsis chiribiquetensis – southeastern Colombia and southern Venezuela
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Senefelderopsis croizatii – southern Venezuela and Guyana
