Sebastiania

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Sebastiania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Sebastiania
Spreng.
Species

About 100, see text

Sebastiania is a plant genus in the Euphorbiaceae family, comprising about 100 species. These are shrubs found in tropical and warm areas.

Species include:

Synonyms

  • Clonostachys Klotzsch
  • Cnemidostachys Mart.
  • Elachocroton F.Muell.
  • Gussonia Spreng.
  • Microstachys A.Juss. - also stands alone as a different genus.
  • Sarothrostachys Klotzsch
  • Tragiopsis H.Karst.

See also


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