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
Synonyms
  • Stylanthus thwaitesii Baill.
  • Podadenia thwaitesii Müll.Arg.
  • Ptychopyxis thwaitesii (Müll.Arg.) Croizat

Podadenia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821. At present, only species is recognized in the genus, Podadenia sapida, endemic to Sri Lanka.

formerly included

moved to Ptychopyxis