Neoshirakia

Neoshirakia japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Euphorbioideae
Tribe:	Hippomaneae
Subtribe:	Hippomaninae
Genus:	Neoshirakia Esser
Binomial name
Neoshirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Esser
Synonyms[1]
Shirakia Hurus., illegitimate name Stillingia japonica Siebold & Zucc. Triadica japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Baill. Excoecaria japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Müll.Arg. Sapium japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Shirakia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Hurus. Croton sirakii Siebold & Zucc. Neoshirakia atrobadiomaculata (F.P.Metcalf) Esser & P.T.Li Sapium atrobadiomaculatum F.P.Metcalf

Neoshirakia is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae, native to eastern Asia. It is part of a group first described in 1954 with the name Shirakia, but this proved to be an illegitimate name, unacceptable under the Code of Nomenclature. The genus was later divided, with its species distributed amongst three genera: Neoshirakia, Shirakiopsis , and Triadica. Neoshirakia contains only one known species, Neoshirakia japonica, native to China, Korea, and Japan (including Nansei-shotō). The name Shirakia thus became a synonym of Neoshirakia because S. japonica was the type species for that genus, the species now renamed N. japonica. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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