Spathiostemon

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Spathiostemon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Lasiococcinae
Genus: Spathiostemon
Blume
Type species
Spathiostemon javensis
Blume
Species
  • Spathiostemon javensis
    • Spathiostemon javensis var. nimae
  • Spathiostemon moniliformis

Spathiostemon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 2 species. One of them is endemic to Peninsular Thailand, the other one ranging throughout Malesia (from the Malay Peninsula to Papua New Guinea, though absent from Sumatra).

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[edit] Taxonomy note

It was thought that Clonostylis S.Moore was a synonym of Spathiostemon Blume. Clonostylis is now provisionally treated as a monotypic genus based on Clonostylis forbesii.

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