''Endospermum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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 ...

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monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

subtribe Endosperminae first described as a genus in 1861 They are

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

, 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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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, t ...

'' *''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 ...

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Adenoclineae Euphorbiaceae genera Dioecious plants {{Euphorbiaceae-stub