''Ophellantha'' is a
genus of
plants under the
family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1924.
[Tropicos, ''Ophellantha'' Standl.]
/ref> It is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America.[Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.]
;Species
# '' Ophellantha spinosa'' Standl. - Honduras, El Salvador, Chiapas, Veracruz
# '' Ophellantha steyermarkii'' Standl. - Guatemala, Chiapas
References
Codiaeae
Euphorbiaceae genera
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