Antidesma is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southeast Asia.
The mongongo tree, mongongo nut or manketti tree is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monotypic genus Schinziophyton. A large, spreading tree, the mongongo reaches 15–20 metres tall. It is found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, and is associated with the Kalahari sand soil-types. The leaves are a distinctive hand-shape, and the pale yellow wood is similar in characteristics to balsa, being both lightweight and strong. The yellowish flowers occur in slender, loose sprays.
Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750 to 1200. Phyllanthus has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, climbers, floating aquatics, and pachycaulous succulents. Some have flattened leaflike stems called cladodes. It has a wide variety of floral morphologies and chromosome numbers and has one of the widest range of pollen types of any seed plant genus.
Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821. It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay.
Macaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae. Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the genus comprises over 300 different species. It was first described as a genus in 1806, based on specimens collected on the Island of Mauritius.
Lobanilia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole genus of the subtribe Lobaniliinae. It was first described as a genus in 1989 and is endemic to Madagascar.
- Lobanilia asterothrixRadcl.-Sm.
- Lobanilia bakeriana(Baill.) Radcl.-Sm.
- Lobanilia claoxyloidesRadcl.-Sm.
- Lobanilia crotonoidesRadcl.-Sm.
- Lobanilia hirtella(Baill.) Radcl.-Sm.
- Lobanilia luteobrunnea(Baker) Radcl.-Sm.
- Lobanilia ovalis(Baill.) Radcl.-Sm.
Orfilea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.
- Orfilea ankafinensis(Baill.) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W Madagascar
- Orfilea coriaceaBaill. - Comoros, Madagascar
- Orfilea multispicata(Baill.) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
- Orfilea neraudiana(Baill.) G.L.Webster - Mauritius
Conceveiba is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to South America and Central America.
- Conceveiba guianensisAubl. - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas
- Conceveiba hostmaniiBenth. - Guyana, Suriname, Amazonas State in Brazil
- Conceveiba krukoffiiSteyerm. - Venezuela, French Guiana, NW Brazil
- Conceveiba latifoliaBenth. - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Amazonas State in Brazil
- Conceveiba martianaBaill. - Venezuela, French Guiana, NW Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Conceveiba maynasensisSecco - Loreto in Peru
- Conceveiba parvifoliaMcPherson - Panama, NW Colombia
- Conceveiba pleiostemonaDonn.Sm. - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela
- Conceveiba praealta(Croizat) Punt ex J.Murillo - NW Brazil
- Conceveiba ptariana(Steyerm.) Jabl. - S Venezuela
- Conceveiba rhytidocarpaMüll.Arg. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Conceveiba santanderensisJ.Murillo - NW Colombia
- Conceveiba terminalis(Baill.) Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, NW Brazil, Colombia, Peru
- Conceveiba tristigmataJ.Murillo - Colombia, Venezuela, NW Brazil
Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands.
Tetrorchidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841. It is native to tropical portions of Africa and the Western Hemisphere.
Beyeria is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Euphorbiaceae known as turpentine bushes. It was first described as a genus in 1844. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, Ricinodendron heudelotii, native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The tree is known as munguella (Angola), njangsa (Cameroon), bofeko (Zaire), wama (Ghana), okhuen (Nigeria), kishongo (Uganda), akpi, djansang, essang, ezezang and njasang. Two varieties of the tree species are recognized R. heudelotii var. heudelotii in Ghana and R. heudelotii var. africanum in Nigeria and westwards.
Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
- Discocarpus essequeboensisKlotzsch - Brazil, Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
- Discocarpus gentryiS.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil
- Discocarpus pedicellatusFiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil
- Discocarpus spruceanusMüll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil, Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia
Hans Schinz was a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich.
Tragia durbanensis, the stinging nettle creeper, is a twining herb in the family Euphorbiaceae, with a restricted distribution in southern Africa. There are some 150 species in the genus Tragia.
Stillingia oppositifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1866. It is native to Brazil.
