Podadenia

Podadenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Pycnocomeae
Subtribe:	Blumeodendrinae
Genus:	Podadenia; Thwaites
Binomial name
	Podadenia sapida; Thwaites
Synonyms
	Stylanthus thwaitesii Baill.; Podadenia thwaitesii Müll.Arg.; Ptychopyxis thwaitesii (Müll.Arg.) Croizat; Ptychopyxiz thwaitesii (Müll. Arg.) Croizat ;

Podadenia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821.^[3]^[4] At present, only species is recognized in the genus, Podadenia sapida, endemic to Sri Lanka.^[2]^[5]

Podadenia javanica J.J.Sm., synonym of Ptychopyxis javanica (J.J.Sm.) Croizat

References

^ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-161677
^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 4. 273-274 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
^ Tropicos, Podadenia Thwaites
^ 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.

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