Podadenia

Podadenia
Scientific 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 Thwaites
Synonyms [1]
Stylanthus thwaitesiiBaill. Podadenia thwaitesiiMüll.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

• Podadenia javanicaJ.J.Sm., synonym of Ptychopyxis javanica (J.J.Sm.) Croizat

References

1. 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.