The Crotonoideae (crotonoids) is a subfamily of the family Euphorbiaceae.1]
The Subfamily Crotonoideae is a member of the Family Euphorbiaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Crotonoideae:
The Subfamily Crotonoideae is further organized into finer groupings including:
Acidocroton is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae. Etymologically, the name Acidocroton means "sour croton". [more]
Adenocline is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 species, native to southern Africa, extending as far North as Malawi.[] [more]
Aleurites is a small arborescent genus of flowering plants in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, the Pacific and South America, belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Alphandia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It has 3 species, found in the West Pacific and New Guinea. [more]
Baliospermum is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 6 species, found from India to Central Malesia. [more]
Bertya is a of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Bulbine is a genus of plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, named for the bulb-shaped tuber shown by many of the species. (Formerly it was placed in the Liliaceae.) Bulbine is found chiefly in Southern Africa, with few species extending into tropical Africa and a few species in Australia. [more]
Cnidoscolus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ???d? (knide), meaning "nettle," and s????? (skolos), meaning "thorn" or "prickle." [more]
Codiaeum is a of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises about 16 species, found from Malesia to the Pacific. They are shrubs with leathery leaves and often confused with the genus Croton. Some species, especially Codiaeum variegatum, are cultivated as houseplants. [more]
Codonopsis is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. It is allied to and Leptocodon, and some authors suggest that Codonopsis should include these genera. Without them, Codonopsis includes 55 species endemic to East Asia. [more]
Colchicum is a genus of flowering plants containing around sixty species of perennial plants which grow from corms. It is a member of family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia and part of the Mediterranean coast. [more]
Colliguaja is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Elateriospermum tapos is a species of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of its genus (Elateriospermum) and tribe (Elateriospermeae). It is found from Southern Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia and known locally as buah perah or perah tree. [more]
Endospermum is a of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae and the monotypic subtribe Endosperminae. It comprises 12 species, found from India to China, and from Southeast Asia to Australia, Fiji. [more]
Grossera is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Hevea is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood of the most economically important species H. brasiliensis. [more]
Jatropha is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like Jatropha curcas), from the family Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ?at??? (iatros), meaning "physician," and t??f? (trophe), meaning "nutrition," hence the common name physic nut. Mature plants produce separate male and female flowers. As with many members of the family Euphorbiaceae, Jatropha contains compounds that are highly toxic. [more]
Joannesia is a of only 2 species, from the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Manihot is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising 98 species found in tropical and warm America. The best known member of this genus is the cassava (Manihot esculenta). [more]
Marantochloa is a genus of in family Marantaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Micrandra is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Micrandropsis is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Neoboutonia is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monogeneric subtribe Neoboutoniinae. [more]
Ricinocarpos is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. One species is native to New Caledonia, the others endemic to Australia. [more]
Ricinodendron is a genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. [more]
Rubus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. These plants have prickles like roses and are often called brambles; this name is most often used for the blackberry and similar fruits that are also of rambling habit, and not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes. Their fruit, called bramble fruit, is an aggregate of drupelets. [more]
Formerly known as Ricinodendron rautanenii, the mongongo 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 amongst 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. [more]
Suregada is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising about 40 species found in the Old World Tropics. [more]
Trigonostemon is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of its tribe (Trigonostemoneae). It comprises from 50 to 60 species, found from India to Australia. [more]
At least 114 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Trigonostemon.
More info about the Genus Trigonostemon may be found here.
