''Endospermum'' is a
genus
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of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s, under the
family
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Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...
and the
monotypic
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subtribe
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Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plant ...
Endosperminae first described as a genus in 1861 They are
dioecious
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, rarely monoecious trees.
[ It is native to E + S + SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, and certain islands of the W Pacific.][Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Guerrero, S.A. & van Welzen, P.C. (2011). revision of Malesian ''Endospermum'' (Euphorbiaceae) with notes on phylogeny and historical biogeography. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 443-482.]Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 278 黄桐属 huang tong shu ''Endospermum'' Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 304. 1861.
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;Species[
;Formerly included
moved to '']Macaranga
''Macaranga'' is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae (tribe Acalypheae). Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ...
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*''Endospermum perakense'' King ex Hook.f. - ''Macaranga amissa
''Macaranga'' is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae (tribe Acalypheae). Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, t ...
'' Airy Shaw
References
Adenoclineae
Euphorbiaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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