| Sebastiania | |
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| Sebastiania commersoniana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
| Genus: | Sebastiania Spreng. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821. [2] [3] It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
As of 2020 [update] Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 60 species in the genus Sebastiania. [9] Many species formerly included in this genus are now placed in genera such as Actinostemon , Bonania , Chrysanthellum , Dendrocousinsia , Ditaxis , Ditrysinia , Gymnanthes , Microstachys , Phyllanthus , Sapium , and Stillingia .