Podadenia

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Podadenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Blumeodendrinae
Genus: Podadenia
Thwaites
Species:
P. sapida
Binomial name
Podadenia sapida
Synonyms[1]
  • Stylanthus thwaitesii Baill.
  • Podadenia thwaitesii Müll.Arg.
  • Ptychopyxis thwaitesii (Müll.Arg.) Croizat

Podadenia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821.[2][3] At present, only species is recognized in the genus, Podadenia sapida, endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][4]

formerly included[1]

moved to Ptychopyxis

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 4. 273-274 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ^ Tropicos, Podadenia Thwaites
  4. ^ 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.