Flora of Thailand

Euphorbiaceae

 

Classification

 

Goto Classification

 

The classification used follows G.L. Webster (Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81: 33-144. 1994) and A. Radcliffe-Smith (Genera Euphorbiacearum. 2001. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). For the subtribe Hippomaninae H.-J. Esser in Radcliffe-Smith was followed. The new genus Colobocarpos is classified in the tribe Codiaeae.

    The characters and descriptions used to delimit the suprageneric entities in the Euphorbiaceae can be found in these two publications. They also comprise keys to the subfamilies up to genera. Because the descriptions and keys are very clear we will refrain from copying them here again and we only present the bare classification.

    Recent molecular research suggests that the Euphorbiaceae in the sense of this flora should be split into five families. The present uni-ovulate subfamilies (Acalyphoideae, Crotonoideae and Euphorbioideae) will become the Euphorbiaceae in the strict sense, with the tribe Galearieae in the Aclyphoideae as family Pandaceae. The bi-ovulate subfamily Phyllanthoideae will become the Phyllanthaceae with the tribe Drypeteae as Putranjivaceae. And the other bi-ovulate subfamily Oldfieldioideae will become the Picrodendraceae. However, the phylogeny of the order Malphigiales is still far from satisfying, therefore, it is still possible that large parts of the Euphorbiaceae s.l. may come together again. For this reason we refrain from implementing these changes here and we leave the Euphorbiaceae in the broad sense as most people know them.

 

Classification

 

Subfamily

Tribe

Subtribe

No.

Genus

New Family

Phyllanthoideae

 

 

 

 

Phyllanthaceae

 

WIELANDIEAE

 

2.

Actephila

 

 

BRIDELIEAE

 

17.

Bridelia

 

 

 

 

26.

Cleistanthus

 

 

PHYLLANTHEAE

Leptopinae

20.

Chorisandrachne

 

 

 

 

53.

Leptopus

 

 

 

Flueggeinae

16.

Breynia

 

 

 

 

41.

Flueggea

 

 

 

 

43.

Glochidion

 

 

 

 

57.

Margaritaria

 

 

 

 

71.

Phyllanthus

 

 

 

 

77.

Sauropus

 

 

DRYPETEAE

 

33.

Drypetes

Putranjivaceae

 

ANTIDESMEAE

Scepinae

7.

Aporosa

 

 

 

 

9.

Baccaurea

 

 

 

Antidesminae

6.

Antidesma

 

 

HYMENOCARDIEAE

 

49.

Hymenocardia

 

 

BISCHOFIEAE

 

12.

Bischofia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oldfieldioideae

 

 

 

 

Picrodendraceae

 

CLAETIEAE

Dissilariinae

8.

Austrobuxus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acalyphoideae

 

 

 

 

Euphorbiaceae

 

CHAETOCARPEAE

 

18.

Chaetocarpus

 

 

CHEILOSEAE

 

64.

Neoscortechinia

 

 

ERISMANTHEAE

 

37.

Erismanthus

 

 

GALEARIEAE

 

42.

Galearia

Pandaceae

 

 

 

62.

Microdesmis

 

 

AGROSTISTACHYDEAE

 

3.

Agrostistachys

 

 

 

 

19.

Chondrostylis

 

 

CHROZOPHOREAE

Doryxylinae

59.

Melanolepis

 

 

 

 

81.

Sumbaviopsis

 

 

 

 

83.

Thyrsanthera

 

 

 

Chrozophorinae

21.

Chrozophora

 

 

PYCNOCOMEAE

Blumeodendrinae

14.

Blumeodendron

 

 

 

 

15.

Botryophora

 

 

 

 

74.

Ptychopyxis

 

 

EPIPRINEAE

Epiprininae

22.

Cladogynos

 

 

 

 

24.

Cleidiocarpon

 

 

 

 

36.

Epiprinus

 

 

 

 

51.

Koilodepas

 

 

ALCHORNEAE

Alchorninae

4.

Alchornea

 

 

ACALYPHEAE

Ricininae

75.

Ricinus

 

 

 

Mercurialinae

60.

Mercurialis

 

 

 

Cleidiinae

25.

Cleidion

 

 

 

 

76.

Sampantaea

 

 

 

 

87.

Wetria

 

 

 

Macaranginae

54.

Macaranga

 

 

 

Claoxylinae

23.

Claoxylon

 

 

 

 

61.

Micrococca

 

    Rottlerinae 44. Hancea  

 

 

 

55.

Mallotus

 

 

 

Acalyphinae

1.

Acalypha

 

 

 

Lasiococcinae

47.

Homonoia

 

 

 

 

52.

Lasiococca

 

 

 

 

79.

Spathiostemon

 

 

PLUKENETIEAE

Plukenetiinaea

73.

Plukenetia

 

 

 

Tragiinae

27.

Cnesmone

 

 

 

 

58.

Megistostigma

 

 

 

 

67.

Pachystylidium

 

 

 

Dalechampiinae

31.

Dalechampia

 

 

OMPHALEAE

 

65.

Omphalea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crotonoideae

 

 

 

 

Euphorbiaceae

 

MICRANREAE

Heveinae

45.

Hevea

 

 

MANIHOTEAE

 

56.

Manihot

 

 

ADENOCLINEAE

Endosperminae

35.

Endospermum

 

 

GELONIEAE

 

82.

Suregada

 

 

ELATERIOSPERMEAE

 

34.

Elateriospermum

 

 

JATROPHEAE

 

50.

Jatropha

 

 

CODIAEAE

 

11.

Baliospermum

 

 

 

 

13.

Blachia

 

 

 

 

28.

Codiaeum

 

 

 

 

29.

Colobocarpos

 

 

 

 

32.

Dimorphocalyx

 

 

 

 

66.

Ostodes

 

 

 

 

68.

Pantadenia

 

 

 

 

80.

Strophioblachia

 

 

TRIGONOSTEMONEAE

 

85.

Trigonostemon

 

 

CROTONEAE

 

30.

Croton

 

 

 

 

69.

Paracroton

 

 

ALEURITIDEAE

Aleuritinae

5.

Aleurites

 

 

 

 

86.

Vernicia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euphorbioideae

 

 

 

 

Euphorbiaceae

 

STOMATOCALYCEAE

Stomatocalycinae

72.

Pimelodendron

 

 

HIPPOMANEAE

Carumbiinae

46.

Homalanthus

 

 

 

Hippomaninae

10.

Balakata

 

 

 

 

39.

Excoecaria

 

 

 

 

40.

Falconeria

 

 

 

 

63.

Microstachys

 

 

 

 

78.

Shirakiopsis

 

 

 

 

84.

Triadica

 

 

HUREAE

 

48.

Hura

 

 

EUPHORBIEAE

Euphorbiinae

38.

Euphorbia

 

 

 

 

70.

Pedilanthus