Endospermum

Endospermum
Endospermum diadenum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Adenoclineae
Subtribe:	Endosperminae
Genus:	Endospermum Benth. 1861, conserved name, not Endl. 1841 (Fabaceae)
Synonyms [1]
Capellenia Teijsm. & Binn.

Endospermum is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae and the monotypic subtribe Endosperminae first described as a genus in 1861 ^{[2] [3]} They are dioecious, rarely monoecious trees. ^[4] It is native to E + S + SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, and certain islands of the W Pacific. ^{[1] [5] [4] [6]}

Species ^[1]

1. Endospermum chinense - S China, Himalayas, N Indochina
2. Endospermum diadenum - Andaman Is, S Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
3. Endospermum domatiophorum - Papua New Guinea
4. Endospermum macrophyllum - Fiji
5. Endospermum medullosum - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck A, Santa Cruz Is, Vanuatu
6. Endospermum moluccanum - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck A
7. Endospermum myrmecophilum - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
8. Endospermum ovatum - Mindanao
9. Endospermum peltatum - Andaman & Nicobar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines
10. Endospermum quadriloculare - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra
11. Endospermum robbieanum - Vanua Levu in Fiji

Formerly included

moved to Macaranga

• Endospermum perakenseKing ex Hook.f. - Macaranga amissa Airy Shaw

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Bentham, George. 1861. Flora hongkongensis: a description of the flowering plants and ferns of the island of Hongkong 304 in English
3. Tropicos Endospermum Benth.
4. Guerrero, S.A. & van Welzen, P.C. (2011). revision of Malesian Endospermum (Euphorbiaceae) with notes on phylogeny and historical biogeography. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 443-482.
5. 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.
6. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 278 黄桐属 huang tong shu Endospermum Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 304. 1861.